but. except. Greek. ei me.
for to steals. sin order that (Greek. hina) he may steal. and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6), for emph.
I am come. I came.
that. in order that (Greek. hina).
life. Greek. zoe. App-170. See note on John 1:4.
might. may.
more abundantly, i.e. life in abundance.
Verse John 10:10. _BUT FOR TO STEAL, AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY_] Those who enter into the priesthood that they may enjoy the revenues of the Church, are the basest and vilest of thieves and murdere...
THE THIEF COMETH NOT ... - The thief has no other design in coming but to plunder. So false teachers have no other end in view but to enrich or aggrandize themselves. I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE L...
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 THIEF COMETH NOT, BUT TO STEAL. All those who enter otherwise than by the door, wish to prey upon the flock. Their object is not to save the lives of the flock, but to destroy them. Christ came t...
So Jesus said to them again: "This is the truth I tell you--I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If any man...
THE SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEP (John 10:1-6)...
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...
_and to kill_ To slaughter as if for sacrifice. _I am come_ Better, I CAME. -I" is emphatic, in marked contrast to the thief. This is the point of transition from the first part of the allegory to the...
"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...
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...
Just as John 10:9 refers back to John 10:2, so this refers back to John 10:1. It is the same allegory more fully expounded. Note the climax; κλέψῃ, steal and carry off; θύσῃ, slaughter as if for sacri...
VER 7. THEN SAID JESUS TO THEM AGAIN, VERILY, VERILY, I SAY TO YOU, I AM THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP. 8. ALL THAT EVER CAME BEFORE ME ARE THIEVES AND ROBBERS: BUT THE SHEEP DID NOT HEAR THEM. 9. I AM THE DO...
_JESUS IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD -- JOHN 10:8-21:_ Jesus claimed to be both the door of the sheep and He claimed to be the Good Shepherd. It is through Jesus alone that man can be saved. Jesus refereed to...
ΕΊ ΜΉ (G1487; G3361) кроме, ΚΛΈΨΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΚΛΈΠΤΩ (G2813) воровать. _Conj._ с ΊΝ (G2443) здесь передает причину его прихода. Эта причина эгоистична, он заботится о своем благе, а не о бла...
DISCOURSE: 1663 LIFE ABUNDANTLY BY CHRIST John 10:10. _I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly_. THE parables of our blessed Lord, though exceedingly clear an...
THE THIEF COMETH NOT BUT FOR TO STEAL, &C.— "I am no thief or robber, as you may easily know, by considering that the intention of such is only _to steal, and kill, and destroy the flock._ They assume...
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...
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. THE THIEF COMETH NOT, BUT FOR TO STEAL, AND T...
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...
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 THIEF COMETH NOT, BUT FOR TO STEAL. — Comp. Notes on John 10:1; John 10:8. The description of the thief is opposed to that of the shepherd, who constantly goes in and out and finds pasture. His vi...
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...
The tenth verse introduces a new contrast, between the good shepherd and the thieves and hirelings. ὁ κλέπτης … ἀπολέσῃ. The thief has but one reason for his coming to the fold: he comes to steal and...
to John 10:21. _The good and the hireling shepherds_....
JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD John 10:7-18 He who came in by the door which John the Baptist opened has become the door. It stands open to all comers- _if any man._ The salvation here mentioned refers to...
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...
“ _Jesus therefore spoke to them again, saying, Verily, verily I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep._ 8. _All those who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not listen to th...
VER. 10. From the idea of pasture Jesus deduces that of _life;_ He even adds to this that _of superabundance, of superfluity._ By this He certainly does not designate, as _Chrysostom_ thought, somethi...
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, 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...
_MOTIVES OF WORK FOR GOD_ ‘I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.’ John 10:10 We are living in a day that will be remembered for the nobility of its aims....
10._The thief cometh not. _By this saying, Christ — if we may use the expression — pulls our ear, that the ministers of Satan may not come upon us by surprise, when we are in a drowsy and careless sta...
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...
THE THIEF COMETH NOT BUT FOR TO STEAL,.... That is his first and principal view; to steal, is to invade, seize, and carry away another's property. Such teachers that come not in by the right door, or...
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have _it_ more abundantly. Ver. 10. _The thief cometh not but for to stea...
_I am the door_ I therefore repeat it again, as a most important truth, that I myself am the only right door of entrance into the church of God; _if any one_, as a sheep, _enter in_ By me, through fai...
THE THIEF; one who takes the emoluments of the sacred office without performing its spiritual duties, and seeks his own aggrandizement, not the salvation of souls. LIFE; spiritual, eternal life....
Jesus the Door to the sheepfold:...
THE THIEF COMETH NOT BUT FOR TO STEAL, AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY; I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY. Jesus makes an application of His parable for the...
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...
10-18 Christ is a good Shepherd; many who were not thieves, yet were careless in their duty, and by their neglect the flock was much hurt. Bad principles are the root of bad practices. The Lord Jesus...
Look as it is with the true shepherd, that owneth the sheep, and whose the flock is; he cometh regularly into the care and conduct of it; he cometh into the sheepfold, to take care of the life and wel...
Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Twelve Topics on the Faith and, "I am come that they might have life; "[18]...
John 10:10 thief G2812 not G3756 come G2064 (G5736) except G1508 to G2443 steal G2813 (G5661) and...
‘The thief does not come for any other reason but that he may steal and kill and destroy. I came that they might have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” The thief is now contrasted with...
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 10:10. THE THIEF COMETH NOT BUT THAT HE MAY STEAL, AND KILL, AND DESTROY. This verse forms a link of connection between John 10:9 and John 10:11, presenting first the contrast between a true shep...
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...
BUT THAT HE MAY STEAL, AND KILL, AND DESTROY (ε μη ινα κλεψη κα θυση κα απολεση). Literally, "except that" (ε μη) common without (Matthew 12:4) and with verb (Galatians 1:7), "if not" (literally), f...
John 10:10 I. The gift of the Spirit of life dwells in those who are united to Christ in a fulness more abundant than was ever revealed before. And the gift of life is not a power, a principle, but a...
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. 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...
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 THIEF COMES. All who refuse to come in through the door, have a _bad purpose_ in mind. I HAVE COME. Jesus came to be the Life-giver! He promises _life in all its fulness_ in this world and in the...
_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 10:10 Jesus’ promise of abundant life, which begins in this life, brings to mind OT prophecies of abundant blessing (e.g., Ezekiel 34:12,...
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...
_The thief cometh not_, &c. He shows what is the end and aim of him whom before He called a thief, and what on the contrary was His own. The thief and robber of the sheep, as for instance a heretic or...
_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 Timothy 1:15; 2 Peter 1:11; 2 Peter 2:1; Ezekiel 34:2; Hebrews 6:17
The thief [ο κ λ ε π τ η ς]. Christ puts Himself in contrast with the meaner criminal. I am come [η λ θ ο ν]. More correctly, I came. I am come would be the perfect tense. More abundantly [π ε ρ ι σ...
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...
The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy — That is, nothing else can be the consequence of a shepherd's coming, who does not enter in by me....