“ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: ”
My sheep - My church, my people, those who have the true spirit of my followers. The name is given to his people because it was an illustration which would be well understood in a country aboundi...
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...
and . Fig, Polysyndeton. App-6.
27. My sheep hear my voice. He proves by an argument drawn from contraries, that they are not sheep, because they do not obey the Gospel. For God effectually calls all whom he has elected,...
DISCOURSE: 1665 SECURITY OF CHRIST’S SHEEP John 10:27-28 . My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither sh...
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: My sheep hear my voice - But ye will not hear: - my sheep follow me; but ye will neither follow nor acknowledge me. Any person who reads w...
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...
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. See the note at John 10:8 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them...
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...
The reference to those who believe not because they were not of His sheep, introduces the contrast between them and those who were, and the position of the true members of the flock is expanded in th...
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...
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: (28) And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (29) My Father which...
My sheep hear my voice ,.... The voice of Christ in his Gospel, both externally and internally; John 10:4 , John 10:16 ; and since therefore these Jews did not, it was a plain case they were not...
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: Ver. 27. My sheep hear my voice ] Buxtorf in his "Tiberius" noteth, that the Jeremiah 21:7 ; consisteth of 42 words and of a 160 lette...
My sheep hear my voice , &c. Our Lord still alludes to the discourse he had had before this festival. As if he had said, My sheep are those who, 1st, Hear my voice by faith; 2d, Are known (t...
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...
This is the same which he said: See Poole on " 1 Thessalonians 10:4 " .
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 Corinthians 8:3 ; 1 Kings 18:21 ; 2 Timothy 2:19 ; Acts 3:23 ; Galatians 4:9 ; Hebrews 3:7 ; John 10:14 ; John 10:16 ; John 10:3 ; John 10:4 ; John 10:8 ; John 12:26 ; John 21:22 ; Jo...
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, &c. — Our Lord still alludes to the discourse he had before this festival. As if he had said, My sheep are they who, Hear my voice b...