John 10:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said Jesus unto them again,Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. ”

John 10:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am the door - I am the way by which ministers and people enter the true church. It is by his merits, his intercession, his aid, and his appointment that they enter. Of the sheep - Of the ch...
John 10:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 10. The Close of the Ministry in Jerusalem. [85] John 10:1-21 . The Good Shepherd. The first part of this chapter records Jesus-' teaching on true and false leadership. In John 10:1-5 we...
John 10:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Then . Therefore. I say... I am . I say... that. am, &c.; hoti, putting the words that follow as. quotation. See App-173. of . for. Of the sheep, not of the fold.
John 10:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. I am the door. If this explanation had not been added, the whole discourse would have been allegorical. He now explains more clearly what was the chief part of the parable when he declare...
John 10:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. I am the door of the sheep - It is through me only that a man can have a lawful entrance into the ministry...
John 10:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I am the door of the sheep.— As our Lord's parable was not understood, he graciously proceeds to explain it to his audience; and in the first place he informs them, that by the door he meant himsel...
John 10:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep - that...
John 10:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
John 10:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then said Jesus unto them again. — Better, Therefore said Jesus again, the words “unto them” being of uncertain authority. He says what follows because they did not understand what He had said be...
John 10:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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....
John 10:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 refer...
John 10:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
John 10:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 s...
John 10:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said Jesus unto them again ,.... By way of explanation of the above parable, since they did not understand it: verily, verily, I say unto you ; this is certainly truth, and what may be depend...
John 10:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. Ver. 7. I am the door ] Heaven door, so Christ is pleased to call himself, because "through him we hav...
John 10:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This parable spake Jesus: but they understood not , &c. In this symbolical way Jesus taught the Pharisees the difference between true and false teachers; but they did not understand the meaning...
John 10:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
John 10:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Good Shepherd. 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some othe...
John 10:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Our Saviour had before been speaking of the door in another notion; there he spake of the door of the shepherd; here, of the door of the sheep: there, of the door, that is, the true and regular way...
John 10:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Good Shepherd and the False Shepherds ( John 10:1-18 ). 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...
John 10:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 10:1-21 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...
John 10:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

I am the door of the sheep The shepherd work of our Lord has three aspects: (1) As the "Good" Shepherd He gives His life for the sheep ( John 10:11 ) and is, therefore, "the door" by which...
John 10:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 10:1-2 . 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 d...
John 10:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
John 10:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
John 10:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
John 10:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the Door of the sheep.
John 10:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 2:18 ; Ezekiel 34:31 ; Hebrews 10:19-22 ; Isaiah 53:6 ; John 10:1 ; John 10:9 ; John 14:6 ; Luke 15:4-6 ; Psalms 100:3 ; Psalms 79:13 ; Psalms 95:7
John 10:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Door of the Sheepfold John 10:1-18 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: "...
John 10:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I am the door — Christ is both the Door and the Shepherd, and all things.

John 10:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 10:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 10:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 10:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 10:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 10:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 10:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 10:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 10:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 10:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 10:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 10:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 10:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 10:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 10:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 10:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 10:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 10:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 10:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 10:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 10:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 10:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

John 10:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 10:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 10:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 10:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 10:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 10:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 10:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

John 10:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes