Joh 15:13 | RWP | e4.org | Than this ( ταυτης ). Ablative case after the comparative adjective μειζονα and feminine agreeing with της αγαπης (love) understood. That a man lay down his life ( ινα τις την ψυχην αυτου θη ). Object clause (non-final use of ινα in apposition with the ablative pronoun ταυτης and the second aorist active subjunctive of τιθημ . For the phrase see of the good shepherd. Cf. ; . For his friends ( υπερ των φιλων αυτου ). "In behalf of his friends" and so "in place of his friends." "Self-sacrifice is the high-water mark of love" (Dods). For this use of υπερ see ; ; .; .

‏ John 15:13

Than this ( ταυτης ). Ablative case after the comparative adjective μειζονα and feminine agreeing with της αγαπης (love) understood.

That a man lay down his life ( ινα τις την ψυχην αυτου θη ). Object clause (non-final use of ινα in apposition with the ablative pronoun ταυτης and the second aorist active subjunctive of τιθημ. For the phrase see 10:11 of the good shepherd. Cf. 1Jo 3:16; Ro 5:7f.

For his friends ( υπερ των φιλων αυτου ). "In behalf of his friends" and so "in place of his friends." "Self-sacrifice is the high-water mark of love" (Dods). For this use of υπερ see Joh 11:50; Ga 3:13; 2Co 5:14f.; Ro 5:7f.