“ But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. ”
Are not of my sheep - Are not my people, my followers. You do not possess the spirit of meek and humble disciples. Were it not for pride, and prejudice, and vainglory for your false notions of th...
(9) But ye believe not, (i) because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. (9) It is no marvel that only a few believe, seeing that all men are by nature untamed beasts: yet nonetheless God has...
The Feast of the Dedication. Mg., At that time suggests a closer connexion with what precedes than the old reading And. But in any case the notes of time are not precise. The Feast of the Dedicat...
26. Because you are not of my sheep. He assigns a higher reason why they do not believe either in his miracles or in his doctrine. It is, because they are reprobate. We must observe Christ’s...
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. Ye are not of my sheep - Ye have not the disposition of those who come unto me to be instructed and saved: see what follows.
But ye believe not, &c.— "The reason why you disbelieve me, is not becausethe proofs of my mission are insufficient, but because you are not of a humble teachable disposition, free from worldly...
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. But ye, х all' ( G235 ) humeis ( G5210 )]. The "ye" is here in emphatic contrast to the "sheep." Believe no...
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...
But ye believe not. — Comp. Notes on John 10:5 ; John 10:14 ; John 10:16 . As I said unto you. — These words are not found in the Sinaitic or Vatican MSS., and are omitted by the best modern...
Chapter 22 JESUS, SON OF GOD. “And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch. The Jews therefore came round about Him,...
Our Assurance of Safe-Keeping John 10:19-30 Our Lord did not shrink from the avowal of His divine origin and glory, when there was need or when they were challenged. See John 4:26 ; Matthew 2...
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 w...
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. (20) And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? (21) Others said, These are not the words of him that...
But ye believe not ,.... In me, as the Messiah: because ye are not of my sheep ; they were not among the sheep given him by his Father, were they, they would have come to him; that is, have believ...
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. Ver. 26. Ye believe not, because ye are not, &c. ] Reprobates cannot believe, yea, they cannot but resist the external...
Then came the Jews round about him , &c. Here the Jews came and required him to put them out of doubt, by telling them plainly, whether he was the Messiah or not: Jesus knowing that it was not i...
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 enter...
Christ's Conference with the Jews. 22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked...
OLBGrk; As many as were ordained to eternal life believed, Acts 13:48 . Here our Saviour giveth this as one reason of the Jews unbelief, that they were not of his sheep. Were they not Israelites?...
The Feast of Dedication ( John 10:22-42 ).
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 10:22-38 . Our Lord’s utterances at the feast of dedication on His oneness with the Father, etc. —This feast (τὰ ἐγκαίνια—the Encænia) was post-exilic in its...
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 t...
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 Abr...
Then came the Jews round about Him The scene and circumstances Here in this bright colonnade, decked for the feast with glittering trophies, Jesus was walking up and down, quietly, and apparent...
EXPOSITION John 10:1-43 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 malign...
Christ's Sermon at the Feast of Dedication. The testimony of Jesus concerning Himself:
1 John 4:6 ; 2 Corinthians 4:3 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4 ; John 10:27 ; John 10:4 ; John 12:37-40 ; John 6:37 ; John 6:44 ; John 6:45 ; John 6:65 ; John 8:47 ; Romans 11:7 ; Romans 11:8
Ye do not believe, because ye are not of my sheep — Because ye do not, will not follow me: because ye are proud, unholy, lovers of praise, lovers of the world, lovers of pleasure, not of God.