George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
John 10:4
He goeth before them, leads them by his instructions and example. (Witham)
He goeth before them, leads them by his instructions and example. (Witham)
Verse John 10:4. _HE GOETH BEFORE THEM_] A _sixth_ mark of a true pastor is, he gives them a good example: he not only _preaches_, but he _lives_, the truth of the Gospel; he enters into the depths o...
HE PUTTETH FORTH - Or leads them out of the fold. HE GOETH BEFORE THEM - He leads them, and guides them, and does not leave them. A shepherd spent his time with his flocks. He went before them to see...
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...
THE SHEEP FOLLOW HIM, FOR THEY KNOW HIS VOICE. "As we ate and looked, almost spellbound, the silent hillsides around us were in. moment filled with sounds and life. The shepherds led their flocks fort...
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...
HE PUTTETH FORTH. he shall have put forth. BEFORE. in front of. Not the same as in John 10:8. FOR. because, KNOW. know intuitively. From birth, not front having been taught. App-132. See note on Jo...
"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...
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...
_when he putteth forth his own sheep_ Better, _when he_hath put forth all _his own_. Most of the best MSS. have -all" for -sheep:" -there shall not an hoof be left behind" (Exodus 10:26). The word for...
THE ALLEGORY OF THE DOOR OF THE FOLD...
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...
ΠΆΝΤΑ (BDLX) for πρόβατα (A). 4. ὍΤΑΝ ΤᾺ ἼΔΙΑ ΠΆΝΤΑ ἘΚΒ. WHEN HE HATH PUT FORTH ALL HIS OWN. ‘There shall not an hoof be left behind’ (Exodus 10:26). Ἐκβάλῃ is remarkable, as being the very word used...
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...
ΈΚΒΆΛΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΈΚΒΆΛΛΩ (G1544) выводить. Это слово несет в себе оттенок принуждения (Morris). _Conj._ с ΌΤΑΝ (G3752) в indef. _temp. прид._ ("когда бы то ни было"), ΈΜΠΡΟΣΘΕΝ (G1715) с _...
BUT HE THAT ENTERETH, &C.— "The teacher who believes on me, and acts by my commission, is properly the _shepherd;_ to him the door-keeper openeth, and the sheep hear his voice. The people of God, know...
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....
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...
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...
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. AND WHEN HE PUTTETH FORTH - or 'turneth out.' [The aorist - ekbalee (G1544) - is he...
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...
GOETH BEFORE THEM] The false pastor, loving popularity, follows his flock. The true pastor leads them. He leads them, (1) by his teaching. He gives his people not what they want, but what they ought t...
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...
AND WHEN HE PUTTETH FORTH HIS OWN SHEEP. — The majority of the better MSS. add the word “all.” The tense is past. We should read, therefore, _when he has put forth all his own sheep._ The addition is...
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_....
“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...
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...
“ _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 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_...
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...
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...
_THE VOICE OF THE SHEPHERD_ ‘They know His voice.’ St John 10:4 In one respect this parable is given to show how we may know that He is our Saviour. But it also shows how we may know that we are Hi...
_THE SHEEP AND THE SHEPHERD_ ‘He goeth before them, and the sheep follow Him: for they know His voice.’ John 10:4 (R.V.) That is a parable, and a very beautiful one. For in our text Christ drew His...
_THE CALLING OF THE SHEEP_ ‘He calleth His own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.’ John 10:3 The Good Shepherd, meeting us in the Sacrament of Baptism, carried us in His arms, and placed us in Hi...
_THE FIRST DAYS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE_ ‘To Him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear His voice.’ John 10:3 The personal ministry of the Jewish shepherd to his sheep began each day at the early morning...
4._Because they know his voice. _Though he speaks here of ministers, yet, instead of wishing that they should be _heard_, he wishes that God should be _heard _speaking by them; for we must attend to t...
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 WHEN HE PUTTETH FORTH HIS OWN SHEEP,.... The Ethiopic version reads, "when he leads them all out"; in order to bring them into proper pastures: HE GOETH BEFORE THEM; in allusion to the eastern sh...
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. Ver. 4. _He goeth before them_] According to the custom of shepherds in that country,...
_He that entereth in by the door is the shepherd_, &c. “This mode of speaking, with us, conveys the notion that the shepherd is the only person who enters by the door; yet the door-keeper, and the she...
Real Christians have spiritual discernment and relish of the great truths of the gospel. No instruction, however plausible or learned, which denies or omits the doctrine of Christ crucified, as a divi...
JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD. The parable of the sheepfold:...
AND WHEN HE PUTTETH FORTH HIS OWN SHEEP, HE GOETH BEFORE THEM, AND THE SHEEP FOLLOW HIM; FOR THEY KNOW HIS VOICE....
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...
In our country at this day, shepherds generally follow their sheep, which go before them. In other countries, as France, &c., it is otherwise at this day; the shepherds go before their flocks, and the...
John 10:4 And G2532 when G3752 out G1544 (G5632) own G2398 sheep G4263 goes G4198 (G5736) before...
“When he has put forth all his own he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.” This is the test of which sheep are His. Once He has called them and put them forth from the...
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 10:4. WHEN HE HATH PUT OUT ALL HIS OWN SHEEP, HE GOETH BEFORE THEM, AND THE SHEEP FOLLOW HIM: FOR THEY KNOW HIS VOICE. The first words take up the thought contained in the words that immediately...
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...
WHEN HE HATH PUT FORTH ALL HIS OWN (οταν τα ιδια παντα εκβαλη). Indefinite temporal clause with οταν and the second aorist (effective) active subjunctive of εκβαλλω. No need of the _futurum exactum...
John 10:4 Christ the Shepherd of His people I. Christ goes before His people in the path of holy obedience. II. He goes before them in the path of suffering and tribulation. III. He goes before th...
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...
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...
THEY WILL NOT FOLLOW SOMEONE ELSE. Jesus is saying that the Pharisees are thieves and robbers who have seized control of the sheepfold. The people ran away from them, because they did not recognize th...
_To him the porter openeth_ THE PORTER OF THE DOOR Who is the Porter? Christ we know is the Door. He says so Himself (John 10:7; John 10:9). But who is the Porter? An old Father of the Church writes...
_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 10:3 THE SHEEP HEAR HIS VOICE.... THEY KNOW HIS VOICE. People who truly belong to God listen to and believe in Jesus’ words (see John 5:46;...
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 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Peter 4:1; 1 Peter 5:3; Deu
Putteth forth [ε κ β α λ η]. Rev., more strictly, hath put forth. Instead of leadeth out, in ver. 3. It implies a constraint; as if some of the sheep were unwilling to leave the fold. Meyer says that...
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 goeth before them — In all the ways of God, teaching them in every point, by example as well as by precept; and the sheep follow him — They tread in his steps: for they know his voice — Having the...