Fourth, in speaking to the Jews, Jesus said, "Therefore doth my Father love me because I lay down my life that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down. I have power to take it again. And then he said, This commandment have I received of my Father."[John 10:17-18] Now in that statement the Savior points out why it was that He was able to perform the Atoning sacrifice and no one else was.