Jesus said unto them,
If ye seek Me,
let these go their way.
John 18:8
"Mark, my soul,
the care which Jesus manifested even in His hour of trial,
towards the sheep of His hand!
As to Himself, like a sheep before her shearers He is dumb and opened not His mouth, but for His disciples' sake He speaks with Almighty energy.
Have we not the very soul and spirit of the atonement in these words?
The Good Shepherd lays down
His life for the sheep,
and pleads that they must therefore go free.
In the midst of Egypt's bondage, that voice rings as a word of power, "Let these go their way."
* In every cell of the dungeons of Despair, the sound is echoed, "Let these go their way,"...
* Satan hears the well-known voice, and lifts his foot from the neck of the fallen;
* and Death hears it, and the grave opens her gates to let the dead arise.
The thunder-cloud has burst over the Cross of Calvary, and the pilgrims of Zion shall never be smitten by the bolts of vengeance. Come, my heart, rejoice in the immunity which thy Redeemer has secured thee, and bless His name all the day, and every day."
Charles Spurgeon