Dr Michael Snape, Reader in War, Religion and Society at Birmingham University explains why so many communities chose this verse.

. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. )Nothing greater is conceivable in the thought of love. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man set aside his life for a friend. - American Standard Version (1901) Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends. (13) Greater love hath no man than this.--Better, . Now, as then, the Bible lies at the heart of that remembrance. If you accept that it is a general truth, then why is it not applicable to the soldier? Note on John 10:18; John 10:29. ESV Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. He has spoken of His own love for them as the measure of their love for each other. NKJV Greater love has no … The title is taken from John 15:13 “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”. " Greater love hath no man than this, that he build a colossal new railway line under his house for the good of the city of which he is mayor" London Mayor Boris Johnson on Crossrail 2. . The Savior’s ministry was the ultimate example of this, as his dying for others was just a subset of his living for others – the final part of the atonement (excepting his resurrection), but … KJV Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

(Comp. Many war memorials bear the words: ‘Greater love hath no man than this’ (John 15:13). hath no one than this. If it is not generally true, then what love can a man have that is greater? To the point of the original quote “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”, do you claim that this is not a general truth?