And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
And I give unto them eternal life - not 'I will,' but 'I do give' it them: it is a present gift. See the notes at ; .
And they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. A very grand utterance, couched in the language of majestic, royal, supreme authority.
Verse 28. _THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH_] Why? Because they _hear_ my voice, and _follow_ me; therefore I _know_, I approve of and love them, _and give them eternal life_. They who _continue_ to hear Chri...
I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE - See John 5:24. SHALL NEVER PERISH - To perish here means to be destroyed, or to be punished in hell. Matthew 10:28; “which is able to destroy (the same word) both soul...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The Shepherd of the Sheep. (John 10:1 .)_ 2. The Good Shepherd, His Sheep and His Work. (John 10:6 .) 3. At the Feast of Dedication; the Repeated Testimony. (John 10:22 .) 4. Accuse...
THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION._ Mg.,_ At that time suggests a closer connexion with what precedes than the old reading And. But in any case the notes of time are not precise. The Feast of the Dedication...
GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE. I have omitted any special study of the phrase "eternal life" hitherto, although it has several times occurred in John. It occurs forty-four times in the New Testament, an...
THE SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEP (John 10:1-6)...
It was the Festival of the Dedication in Jerusalem. It was wintry weather, and Jesus was walking in the Temple precincts in Solomon's Porch. So the Jews surrounded him. "How long, they said to him, "a...
ETERNAL. Greek _aionios._ App-151. NEVER. by no means _(Greek. ou me._ App-105) unto the age (Greek. _eis ton aiona._ App-151). NEITHER. and not (Greek. _ou._ App-105). PLUCK. snatch. See John 10:1...
The Discourse at the Feast of the Dedication Again we seem to have a gap in the narrative. Between John 10:21 (but see below) there is an interval of about two months; for the Feast of Tabernacles wo...
_I give unto them_ Not - _will_give." Here as in John 3:15; John 5:24 and often, the gift of eternal life is regarded as already possessed by the faithful. It is not a _promise_, the _fulfilment_of wh...
Note the simple but very impressive coupling of the clauses by a simple -and" throughout and comp. John 10:3_; John 10:12_: note also the climax....
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
27, 28. Note the simple but very impressive coupling of the clauses merely by καί and comp. John 10:3; John 10:12. The series forms a climax and seems to fall into two triplets, as A. V., rather than...
THE DISCOURSE AT THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION Again we seem to have a gap in the narrative. Between John 10:21-22 (but see below) there is an interval of about two months; for the Feast of Tabernacles...
ΔΊΔΩΜΙ. Not δώσω. Here as in John 3:15; John 5:24 and often, the gift of eternal life is regarded as already possessed by the faithful. It is not a _promise_, the _fulfilment_ of which depends upon ma...
Ver 22. And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. 24. Then came the Jews round about him, and said to him, How long...
_JESUS WAS REJECTED BY THE JEWS -- JOHN 10:22-38:_ That winter, Jesus was in Jerusalem for the feast of the dedication. In Solomon's Porch the people gathered all around Him. They asked Jesus to tell...
ΆΠΌΛΩΝΤΑΙ _aor. conj. med. от_ ΆΠΌΛΛΥΜΙ (G622) теряться, ΆΡΠΆΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΆΡΠΆΖΩ (G726) похищать, _см._ John 10:12. έκ ΤΗΣ ΧΕΙΡΌΣ _gen. fem. sing., gen._ отделения: "из руки" ΠΑΤΡΌΣ _gen....
DISCOURSE: 1665 SECURITY OF CHRIST’S SHEEP John 10:27. _My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any...
BUT YE BELIEVE NOT, &C.— "The reason why you disbelieve me, is not becausethe proofs of my mission are insufficient, but because you are not of a humble teachable disposition, free from worldly passio...
CLAIMS TO DEITY _Text 10:22-31_ 22 And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: 23 it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch. 24 The Jews therefore came roun...
3 John the baptist was the door keeper who opened the door to the true Shepherd. Many another has come claiming to be Israel's shepherd, but they did not come in God's appointed way. 4 The Eastern sh...
THE GOOD SHEPHERD. THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION 1-18. Allegories of the Fold and of the Good Shepherd. This chapter continues Christ's discourse to His Pharisaic disciples begun at John 9:39. His words...
No power of the world or of Satan can pluck believers out of Christ's hand; only their own unfaithfulness to grace received can do this....
JESUS AT THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION. As there is no statement that Jesus went up to Jerusalem, it is fair to infer that Jesus spent the two months between the Feast of Tabernacles and that of the Ded...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 10 JESUS TELLS A STORY ABOUT A *SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEP 10:1-10 V1 Jesus said, ‘I tell you the truth. Only thieves climb...
The reference to those who believe not because they were not of His sheep, introduces the contrast between them and those who were, and the position of the true members of the flock is expanded in thi...
CHAPTER 22 JESUS, SON OF GOD. “And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch. The Jews therefore came round about Him, and...
_Sayings of Jesus at the Feast of Dedication_....
OUR ASSURANCE OF SAFE-KEEPING John 10:19-30 Our Lord did not shrink from the avowal of His divine origin and glory, when there was need or when they were challenged. See John 4:26; Matthew 26:64. For...
Continuing, He gave a more detailed picture of that coming order. There was to be a fold, with a door. There was to be a flock, with a shepherd. Entrance to the fold would be by the door. The flock wo...
_ They shall not perish for ever: and no man shall snatch them out of my hand. He speaks of his elect, of those whom he called by a special Providence and mercy, whom he blessed with more than ordinar...
CHAPTER 8. THE GOOD SHEPHERD John 10:1-29. “ _Truly_, _truly_, _I say unto you_, _The one not coming in through the door_, _but climbing up some other way_, _he is a thief and a robber_.” It is subse...
SECOND PART: THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNBELIEF IN ISRAEL. 5:1- 12:50. UP to this point, decided faith and unbelief have been only exceptional phenomena; the masses have remained in a state of passive indiff...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 22-32. 1. The argument presented by Godet, as against Meyer, Weiss and others, seems satisfactory as showing that Jesus probably left Jerusalem and its ne...
THIRD SECTION: 10:22-42. THE SECOND DISCOURSE. In chap. John 7:19-24, we have seen Jesus return, in a discourse pronounced at the feast of Tabernacles, to the fact of the healing of the impotent man ...
“ _My sheep hear my voice, and I know them; and they follow me_ 28 _and I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish and no one shall snatch them out of my hand._ ” _ Luthardt_ has divided...
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: (28) And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (29) My Father which...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
_A CLUSTER OF GRAPES_ ‘I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My Hand.’ John 10:28 Here we have an illustration of the vast privileges w...
28._And they shall never perish. _It is an inestimable fruit of faith, that Christ bids us be convinced of our security when we are brought by faith into his fold. But we must also observe on what fou...
In chapter 10 He contrasts Himself with all those who pretended, or had pretended, to be shepherds of Israel. He develops these three points; He comes in by the door; He is the door; and He is the She...
AND I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE,.... Christ gives eternal life to his sheep, or people now; he gives them a spiritual life, or a life of grace, which issues in eternal life; he gives them himself, w...
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any _man_ pluck them out of my hand. Ver. 28. _They shall never perish_] This is the good Shepherd's promise: is he now a...
_My sheep hear my voice_, &c. Our Lord still alludes to the discourse he had had before this festival. As if he had said, My sheep are those who, 1st, _Hear my voice_ by faith; 2d, Are _known_ (that i...
AND I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE; AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH, NEITHER SHALL ANY MAN PLUCK THEM OUT OF MY HAND....
CHRIST'S SERMON AT THE FEAST OF DEDICATION. The testimony of Jesus concerning Himself:...
THE SHEEPFOLD AND THE SHEPHERD (vs.1-18) Now the Lord speaks in parabolic form, again in verse 1 doubly pressing the truth of His words. One climbing the fence of the sheepfold (rather then entering...
22-30 All who have any thing to say to Christ, may find him in the temple. Christ would make us to believe; we make ourselves doubt. The Jews understood his meaning, but could not form his words into...
I do give them, and I will give them, eternal life; as soon as they shall come to hear, and believe my voice, and to follow me, they shall have a sure right and title to it; and when my Father by his...
John 10:28 I G2504 give G1325 (G5719) them G846 eternal G166 life G2222 and G2532 shall G622 never...
“But you do not believe because you are not of my sheep. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them and they follow me. And I give to them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will be abl...
THE FEAST OF DEDICATION (JOHN 10:22)....
John 10:27-28. My SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, AND I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME: AND I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE; AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH, NEITHER SHALL ANY ONE PLUCK THEM OUT OF MY HAND. In these ve...
The contest with the Jews is continued. The section strikingly illustrates the plan of the gospel (1) by taking up again that claim of Jesus to be the Son of God which had, more than anything else, pr...
AND I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL LIFE (καγω διδωμ αυτοις ζωην αιωνιον). This is the gift of Jesus now to his sheep as stated in John 6:27; John 6:40 (cf. 1 John 2:25;...
NEVER Or, in no wise ever perish. Compare (John 6:37)....
John 10:1. _Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber._ The positiveness of our Lord's teac...
John 10:1. _Verily, verily, I say unto you,_ Now we may be absolutely certain that there is something of the utmost importance wherever Christ uses the solemn asseveration of «Verily, verily,» the sa...
CONTENTS: Discourse on the Good Shepherd. Jesus' deity asserted. CHARACTERS: Jesus, God. CONCLUSION: God, our great owner, the sheep of whose pasture we are by creation, has constituted His Son, Jes...
John 10:1. _He that entereth not by the door is a thief and a robber._ After the scribes had formed a plot against the life of the good shepherd, he told them that they were not the children of Abraha...
I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE. Not just eternal existence, but eternal happiness! All will live forever, but not all will share God's promise (see John 5:28-29 and notes)....
_Then came the Jews round about Him_ THE SCENE AND CIRCUMSTANCES Here in this bright colonnade, decked for the feast with glittering trophies, Jesus was walking up and down, quietly, and apparently w...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 10:26 The reason people do not believe is BECAUSE they ARE NOT AMONG Jesus’ SHEEP. God must first give them the ability to believe; then he makes them a part of his
1-41 CHAPTER 10 VER. 1. _Verily, verily_ (that is in truth, most truly and most assuredly), _I say unto you, He that entereth not_, &c. He puts forth this parable to show who He is, and who are His ri...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 10:22. _Our Lord’s utterances at the feast of dedication on His oneness with the Father, etc._—This feast (τὰ ἐγκαίνια—the Encænia) was post-exilic in its origin....
EXPOSITION JOHN 10:1 5. _Christ the Shepherd of the flock of God_._ _The discourse which now follows was the Lord's parabolic or allegoric reply to the conduct of the Pharisaic malignants. These men...
So chapter 10, it would seem to be as just a continuation of this whole movement here of the blind man receiving his sight, being put out by the organized religious system, being taken in by Jesus Chr...
1 John 2:19; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 5:13; 1 John 5:13; 1 John 5:18;...
I give [δ ι δ ω μ ι]. Not, I will give. The gift is present and continuous. Compare John 3:36. Shall pluck [α ρ π α σ ε ι]. See on ver. 12. Compare can pluck, ver. 29. Here Jesus speaks of the fact;...
Observe here, 1. The promise made by Christ unto his sheep, namely, the promise of eternal life, and perseverance in grace, till they come to the full fruition of it in glory, I GIVE UNTO THEM ETERNAL...