Jesus was in control

“No-one takes it [My life] from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authoirty to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.” John 10:18
Here in John 10 we see Jesus expressing His understanding of His mission to earth: He had been sent by His Father to give His life for the sin of the world. He understood that His death would happen in a very precise way. Jesus knew that He would not be beheaded, or stoned, or torn to pieces by an angry mob. He would be crucified, as it had been prophesied hundreds of years before (c.f. Ps. 22:16). This meant that He would be subject to the Gentile Roman powers, since the usual Jewish method of executing someone was stoning. Even on the cross, Jesus did not just die, but He was the one who dismissed His own spirit (Luke 23:46).
There are several times in the gospels where it is recorded that the crowd tried to kill Jesus (see Matt. 26:4-5, Mark 11:18, Luke 13:31, Luke 19:47, Luke 4:29-30, John 5:18, John 7:1, John 7:30, John 7:44, John 8:20, John 8:59, John 10:31, John 10:39, John 11:53, etc.). Yet they did not succeed until the day that Jesus allowed them to arrest Him, try Him, condemn Him, and crucify Him. Jesus was the one in control of His death – and of His resurrection. And the comforting thing is, He is also in control of our lives (John 10:28).