To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
Ver. 3. To him the porter openeth] That is, God approveth such, and usually seals to their ministry, Jeremiah 23:22, giving them a testimonial, 2 Corinthians 3:2 .
Verse John 10:3. _TO HIM THE PORTER OPENETH_] Sir Isaac Newton observes that our Lord being near the temple, where sheep were kept in folds to be sold for sacrifices, spoke many things parabolically...
TO HIM THE PORTER OPENETH - The porter is the doorkeeper. It seems that the more wealthy Jews who owned flocks employed some person to take charge of the flock. At first all shepherds attended their f...
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...
TO HIM THE PORTER OPENETH. The gatekeeper, whose business it is to guard the entrance. This servant was furnished with arms to fight off intruders, but the shepherd he would let in. There has been muc...
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...
PORTER. door-keeper. Greek. _thuroros._ Occurs only here; John 18:16; John 18:17; and Matthew 1:1). GENERATION. genealogy or pedigree. See App-99. The same mea
"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...
_To him the porter openeth_ The -porter" is the door-keeper or gate-keeper, who fastens and opens the one door into the fold. In the allegory the fold is the Church, the Door is Christ, the sheep are...
ΦΩΝΕΙ͂ (all the best MSS.) for καλεῖ. 3. Ὁ ΘΥΡΩΡΌΣ. _Ostiarius_. The ‘porter’ is the door-keeper or gate-keeper, who fastens and opens the one door into the fold. In the allegory the fold is the Churc...
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...
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...
ΘΥΡΩΡΌΣ (G2377) привратник. Возможно, помощник пастуха, или же имеется в виду загон, в котором находилось не одно стадо, поэтому нужен был независимый сторож на воротах (Barrett), ΊΔΙΑ _pl. n. от_ ΊΔ...
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...
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. TO HIM THE PORTER OPENETH - `To him is given right of free access, by order of...
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...
BY NAME] A beautiful picture of pastoral converse. The true pastor knows every member of his congregation individually....
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...
TO HIM THE PORTER OPENETH. — The word “porter” is not, perhaps, misleading to many, but for the sake of the possible few, it may be noted that _door-keeper_ is what is here meant. There is no further...
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...
To him the (a) porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. (a) In those days they used to have a servant always sitting at the door, and...
_His own sheep by name. By this is signified the particular care. (Witham)_...
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...
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...
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 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...
_‘THE PORTER OF THE DOOR’_ ‘To him the porter openeth.’ John 10:3 Who is the Porter? Christ we know is the Door. The only satisfactory explanation is to see in the Porter the office and work of God...
3._To him the porter openeth. _If by the word _Porter _(282) any one choose to understand God, I do not object; and Christ even appears expressly to contrast the judgment of God with the false opinion...
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...
TO HIM THE PORTER OPENETH,.... There is nothing in the explanation of this parable given by Christ, that directs to the sense of this clause; the allusion cannot be, as some have thought, to great men...
_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...
THE PORTER; the door-keeper. As he comes by God's authority, God's providence prepares the way for him, and God's Spirit sets his seal to his labors. BY NAME; an allusion to the practice of eastern s...
TO HIM THE PORTER OPENETH; AND THE SHEEP HEAR HIS VOICE; AND HE CALLETH HIS OWN SHEEP BY NAME, AND LEADETH THEM OUT....
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...
By THE PORTER is understood God; or more particularly, (to show the order of the Holy Trinity in working), the Holy Spirit, who openeth the hearts of men to receive and embrace Jesus Christ, who is th...
A Letter from Origen to Gregory And applying yourself thus to the study of the things of God, with faithful prejudgments such as are well pleasing to God, knock at its locked door, and it will be ope...
John 10:3 him G5129 doorkeeper G2377 opens G455 (G5719) and G2532 sheep G4263 hear G191 (G5719) his...
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...
“To him the porter opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.” God, the Porter, opens the door for this Shepherd, for God is happy with Him and His wo...
John 10:3. TO HIM THE PORTER OPENETH; AND THE SHEEP HEAR HIS VOICE: AND HE CALLETH HIS OWN SHEEP BY NAME, AND LEADETH THEM OUT. This verse gives other marks which indicate a true shepherd. The keeper...
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...
TO HIM (τουτω). "To this one," the shepherd, in dative case.THE PORTER (ο θυρωρος). Old word for doorkeeper (θυρα, door, ωρα, care, carer for the door). Used for man (Mark 13:34; John 10:3) or wom...
John 10:3 I. There is no difficulty in the general interpretation of the language of the text. Christ has a personal knowledge of His disciples of the most complete and intimate kind, calling each by...
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...
THE GATEKEEPER OPENS THE GATE FOR HIM. The shepherd led the sheep into the sheepfold through the door, and the gatekeeper fastened the door from the inside and stayed with the sheep all night as a "ni...
_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...
_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...
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 16:9; 1 Peter 1:12; 2 Timothy 2:19; Colossians 4:3;...
Porter [θ υ ρ ω ρ ο ς]. From qura, door, and wra, care. An under - shepherd, to whose charge the sheep are committed after they have been folded for the night, and who opens the door on the arrival of...
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...
To him the door keeper openeth — Christ is considered as the shepherd, John 10:11. As the door in the first and following verses. And as it is not unworthy of Christ to be styled the door, by which bo...