[kosta50]

All this tells me is that Christ received the command from His Father. He is begotten of the Father and what is Father's is His too. He says that He has the authority and the authority, like everything else, comes from the Father.

It doesn't say that God demanded sacrifice.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

It doesn't say that God demanded sacrifice.

So you see a difference in meaning between "demanded" and "commanded?"

"No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father." -- John 10:18