Aristotle and Plato wrote about there being no greater love than to lay down our lives for our friends. What is different about Christ is that when died for us, we were not yet his friends, but his enemies. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. We became his friends after he had already died for us. Jesus did not die for his friends, but for his enemies, whom he wanted to make his friends.
What kind of friends do we have? Do they only love us because we are willing to follow them into bad behavior or so they can get something from us? Would our friends be willing to die for us? What kind of friends are we? Do we entice others to do bad things? Do we just use our friends for selfish reasons? Are we willing to die for our friends? That's what Jesus did.
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