In this parable the fold is the Church: the good shepherd, and also the door is Christ: the thieves and robbers are false guides; the hirelings, such ministers as seek their own profit and gain, and a good living, as they call it; the wolves, heretics; the sheep not yet brought into the fold, the Gentiles not then converted. (Witham)
CHAPTER X. _Christ speaks the parable of the sheepfold_, 1-6. _Proclaims himself the door of the sheepfold_, 7-10, _and the good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep_, 11-18. _The Jews a...
VERILY, VERILY - See the notes at John 3:3. I SAY UNTO YOU - Some have supposed that what follows here was delivered on some other occasion than the one mentioned in the last chapter; but the expressi...
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...
JOHN 10. THE CLOSE OF THE MINISTRY IN JERUSALEM. [85] John 10:1. The Good Shepherd. The first part of this chapter records Jesus-' teaching on true and false leadership. In John 10:1 we have a close r...
CHAPTER X. THE GOOD SHEPHERD (John 10:1-21) This discourse undoubtedly immediately followed, and sprang out of the conflict with the Jews related in the preceding chapter. As Alford says: "The more w...
THE SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEP (John 10:1-6)...
Jesus said: "This is the truth I tell you; he who does not enter the sheepfold through the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. But he who comes in through the door is the shep...
VERILY, VERILY. The fifteenth occurance. Connecting the sign with the signification. See note on John 1:51. ENTERETH. entereth in. Note the Figure of speech _Parechesis (_ App-6), the Aramaic (App-94...
"The form of the discourse in the first half of chap. 10 is remarkable. It resembles the Synoptic parables, but not exactly. The parable is a short narrative, which is kept wholly separate from the id...
The Allegory of the Door of the Fold 1. _Verily, verily_ This double affirmation, peculiar to this Gospel (see on John 1:51), never occurs at the beginning of a discourse, but either in continuation,...
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...
1–18. “The form of the discourse in the first half of chap. 10 is remarkable. It resembles the Synoptic parables, but not exactly. The parable is a short narrative, which is kept wholly separate from...
THE ALLEGORY OF THE DOOR OF THE FOLD...
ἈΜῊΝ�. This double affirmation, peculiar to this Gospel (see on John 1:51), never occurs at the beginning of a discourse, but either in continuation, to introduce some deep truth, or in reply. This ve...
Ver 1. Verily, verily, I say to you, He that enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2. But he that enters in by the door is the shep...
_A LESSON ABOUT SHEEP -- JOHN 10:1-6:_ Jesus said that only thieves and robbers climb over the fence instead of going in through the door or gate to the sheep pen. He is actually talking about Himself...
ΕΙΣΕΡΧΌΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΕΙΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1525) входить. Subst. part. Praes. описывает действие, которое является характерной особенностью, ΑΎΛΉ (G833) двор, овечий загон; здесь, скорее...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU,— Our Lord, having reproved the Pharisees in the foregoing chapter, for shutting their eyes against the evidence of his divine mission, continued the reproof by describi...
EXPOSITORY SERMON NO. TEN THE SHEPHERD AND THE SHEEP John 10:1-16 _INTRODUCTION_ I. WHY DID JESUS USE THIS ALLEGORY? A. The Jewish rulers and Pharisees had just exhibited themselves as hirelings...
THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP _Text 10:1-10_ 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber....
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 10:1-10. Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:- Our passage begins with "Verily, verily, I say unto you." The antecedent of the you is f...
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 discourses and transactions of this chapte...
16 It is notable how many of our Lord's recorded signs were done on the sabbath. Doubtless this indicates the fact that their antitype is to be found in the sabbatism which comes at His epiphany. When...
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...
The thieves and robbers mentioned here are primarily the Pharisees who have unjustly excommunicated the blind man, and secondarily and prophetically false pastors in the Christian Church. Christ is th...
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...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU. — This formula is not used at the beginning of a fresh discourse, but is, in every case, the solemn introduction of some development of our Lord’s deeper teaching. (Com...
CHAPTER 21 JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But...
to John 10:21. _The good and the hireling shepherds_....
Ἀμὴν … λῃστής. The αὐλή, or sheepfold, into which the sheep were gathered for safety every night, is described as being very similar to folds in some parts of our own country; a walled, unroofed enclo...
“A STONE OF STUMBLING” John 9:35-41; John 10:1-6 In John 9:35 we hear of Jesus finding the outcast, whom the Pharisees had excommunicated; and this story is appropriately followed by a picture of the...
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...
Verily, (1) 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. (1) Seeing that by Christ alone we have acce...
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 SECTION: 10:1-21. THE FIRST DISCOURSE. The following discourse includes three parables: that of the _shepherd_ (John 10:1-6), that of the _gate_ (John 10:7-10), and that of the _good shepherd_...
“ _Verily, verily, I say unto you that he who does not enter by the door into the sheep-fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber;_ 2 _but he who enters in by the door is th...
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...
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. (2) But he that entereth in by the door is the sh...
CONTENTS The Lord Jesus opens this Chapter with describing himself under the Character of the Good Shepherd; and his Church as his Sheep. He sweetly discourseth, and causeth a Division of Opinion the...
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...
1._Verily, verily, I say to you. _As Christ had to do with scribes and priests, who were reckoned pastors of the Church, it was necessary that they should be divested of the honor of this title, if he...
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...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU,.... To the Scribes and Pharisees, who had taken it ill that they should be thought to be blind; and who had cast out the man that Christ had cured of blindness, for spe...
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. Ver. 1. _Verily, verily, I say unto you_] Amen i...
_Verily_, &c. The Pharisees supported themselves in their opposition to Christ with this principle, that they were pastors of the church; and that Jesus, having no commission from them, was an intrude...
The theme of this chapter is the character and office of the good shepherd of God's spiritual fold, of which Christ himself is the great example. The reader should study, in connection with it, Jeremi...
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....
JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD. The parable of the sheepfold:...
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...
1-5 Here is a parable or similitude, taken from the customs of the East, in the management of sheep. Men, as creatures depending on their Creator, are called the sheep of his pasture. The church of G...
JOHN CHAPTER 10 1 THESSALONIANS 10:1 Christ declareth himself to be the Door, and the good Shepherd. 1 THESSALONIANS 10:19 Divers opinions concerning him. 1 Thessalon
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth." Then the Lord says in explanation, "I am the door of the sheep."[16...
John 10:1 Most G281 assuredly G281 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 does G1525 not G3361 enter G1525 ...
“In very truth I tell you, he who does not enter by the doorway into the fold where the sheep are, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.” The sheepfold contains the waiting p...
THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND THE FALSE SHEPHERDS (JOHN 10:1). The way that the parable opens emphasises the fact that the parable is as much about the false shepherds as it is about the true. It is a studie...
John 10:1-2. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT ENTERETH NOT BY THE DOOR INTO THE FOLD OF THE SHEEP, BUT CLIMBETH UP FROM SOME OTHER QUARTER, THE SAME IS A THIEF AND A ROBBER. BUT HE THAT ENTERET...
The blind man, restored to sight, is brought before the Pharisees with the view of instituting proceedings against Jesus, who, by the healing on the Sabbath, had violated the sanctity of the day of re...
VERILY, VERILY (Αμην, αμην). Solemn prelude by repetition as in John 1:51. The words do not ever introduce a fresh topic (cf. John 8:34; John 8:51; John 8:58). So in...
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...
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, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door i...
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...
BY THE DOOR. The sheepfold is a symbol of the Kingdom church [_see note on_ Matthew 16:18], and Christ is the one door into it. A sheepfold was a roofless enclosure with walls made of loose stone or t...
_He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold_ SHEPHERDHOOD The simple lesson which our Lord intended to teach in this familiar passage has often been strangely mistaken. The minds of men hav...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 10:1 The SHEEPFOLD was usually a courtyard near or beside a house, bordered by a stone wall, in which one or more families kept their sheep. Caves were also used. Sheepfolds might ha...
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 10:1 contain a discourse on false and true leaders and teachers in reference to Christ, under the allegoric parable of the fold and the good shepherd. The enmity...
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 4:1; 1 Peter 1:10; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 P
Verily, verily [α μ η ν, α μ η ν]. The formula never begins anything quite new, but connects what follows with what precedes. This discourse grows out of the assumption of the Pharisees to be the only...
THE DOOR OF THE SHEEPFOLD John 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Let us consider the all-inclusiveness, and the all-exclusive-ness of Christ, as introductory to our theme. First of all Christ said: "I am THE...
He that entereth not by the door — By Christ. He is the only lawful entrance. Into the sheepfold — The Church. He is a thief and a robber — In God's account. Such were all those teachers, to whom our...
Our blessed Saviour having in the end of the foregoing chapter upbraided the Pharisees for their blindness and ignorance in the mysteries of religion, notwithstanding the high conceit which they had o...