b.
Life's shepherding — for the believers outside of religion
10:1-42
1)
The sheepfold, the door, and the pasture — for the sheep
vv. 1-9
John 10
:1
10:1
Truly, truly, I say to you, He who does not enter through the
1adoor into the
2sheepfold, but climbs up from somewhere else, he is a
3bthief and a robber;
John 10
:2
10:2
But he who enters through the
adoor is the
bshepherd of the sheep.
John 10
:3
10:3
To him the doorkeeper opens, and the
1sheep ahear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them
bout.
John 10
:4
10:4
When he puts forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep
afollow him because they know his
bvoice.
John 10
:5
10:5
But they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.
John 10
:6
10:6
This aparable Jesus spoke to them, but they did not know what those things meant that He spoke to them.
John 10
:7
10:7
Jesus therefore said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you that I am the
adoor of the sheep.
John 10
:8
10:8
All who came before Me are
athieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
John 10
:9
10:9
I am the
1adoor; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved and shall go in and go out and shall find
2pasture.
2)
The Shepherd, the divine life, and the soulish life — for the flock
vv. 10-21
John 10
:10
10:10
The thief does not come except to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may
ahave 1life and may have
it abundantly.
John 10
:11
10:11
I am the good
aShepherd; the good Shepherd
blays down His
1life for the sheep.
John 10
:12
10:12
He who is a hireling and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters
them.
John 10
:13
10:13
He flees because he is a hireling and it does not matter to him concerning the sheep.
John 10
:14
10:14
I am the good
aShepherd, and
bI know My own, and
cMy own know Me,
John 10
:15
10:15
Even as the
aFather knows Me and I know the Father; and I
blay down My life for the sheep.
John 10
:16
10:16
And I have
1aother sheep, which are not of this fold; I must lead them also, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be
2bone flock, one
cShepherd.
John 10
:17
10:17
For this
reason the
aFather loves Me, because
bI lay down My life that I may take it again.
John 10
:18
10:18
No one takes it away from Me, but I
alay it down of Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to
btake it again. This commandment I received from My Father.
John 10
:19
10:19
aA division again took place among the Jews because of these words.
John 10
:20
10:20
And many of them said, He
ahas a demon and is
binsane. Why do you listen to Him?
John 10
:21
10:21
Others said, These are not the words of one
who is demon possessed. Can a demon
aopen the eyes of the blind?
3)
The eternal life, the Son's hand, and the Father's hand — for the security of the sheep
vv. 22-30
John 10
:22
10:22
At that time the
1Feast of the Dedication occurred in Jerusalem,
and it was winter.
John 10
:23
10:23
And Jesus was walking in the temple in the
aportico of Solomon.
John 10
:24
10:24
The Jews therefore surrounded Him and said to Him, How long will You hold our soul in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us
aplainly.
John 10
:25
10:25
Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe. The
aworks which I do
1in My Father's name, these testify concerning Me;
John 10
:26
10:26
But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep.
John 10
:27
10:27
My sheep
ahear My voice, and
bI know them, and they
cfollow Me;
John 10
:28
10:28
And I give to them
1aeternal life, and they shall by no means perish forever, and
bno one shall
csnatch them out of My hand.
John 10
:29
10:29
My Father, who has given
them to Me, is greater than all, and no one can
asnatch them out of My
1Father's hand.
John 10
:30
10:30
1I and the Father are
aone.
4)
The persecution of religion
vv. 31-39
John 10
:31
10:31
The Jews again
atook up stones that they might stone Him.
John 10
:32
10:32
Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these works are you stoning Me?
John 10
:33
10:33
The Jews answered Him, We are not stoning You for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a man, are making Yourself
aGod.
John 10
:34
10:34
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law,"I said,
aYou are gods''?
John 10
:35
10:35
If He said they
were gods, to whom the word of God came, and the Scripture cannot be broken,
John 10
:36
10:36
Do you say of Him whom the Father
ahas sanctified and
1bsent into the world, You are blaspheming, because I said,
cI am the Son of God?
John 10
:37
10:37
If I do not do the
aworks of My Father, do not believe Me;
John 10
:38
10:38
But if I do
them, even if you do not believe Me,
abelieve the works so that you may come to know and continue to know that the
bFather is in Me and I
am in the Father.
John 10
:39
10:39
Then they sought again to
aseize Him, yet He went forth out of their hand.
5)
Life's desertion of religion and life's new standing
vv. 40-42
John 10
:40
10:40
And 1He went away again
aacross the Jordan, to the place where John was baptizing at first, and He remained there.
John 10
:41
10:41
And many came to Him and said, John did no sign, but
aall the things John said concerning this man were true.
John 10
:42
10:42
And amany believed into Him there.
