John 10:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. ”

John 10:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All that ever came before me - This does not refer to the prophets, but to those who came pretending to be the pastors or guides of the people. Some have supposed that he referred to those who pr...
John 10:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) All that (c) ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. (2) It does not matter how many false teachers there have been, neither how old they have been. (c) Th...
John 10:8 - 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 10:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

All that ever . All whoever. before . Greek pro. App-104. The true Shepherd could not come till God's purpose was ripe in the fullness of the times ( Galatians 1:4 ; Galatians 1:4 ). Moses and...
John 10:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. All who came before me. The words πάντες ὅσοι may be literally rendered, all as many as came before me They who restrict this expression to Judas the Galilean, and such persons, depar...
John 10:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. All that ever came before me - Or, as some translate, all that came instead of me, προ εμου, i.e. all that came...
John 10:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

All that ever came before me— "All those who in former times assumed the characters of teachers of religion, without commission from me, are thieves and robbers." Here, as in many other instances...
John 10:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. All that ever came before me - the false prophets; not as claiming the prerogatives of Messiah, But as pe...
John 10:8 - 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 10:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers. — Comp. Note on John 10:1 . The Sinaitic MS. and several of the early versions read this verse without the words translated “before Me,” but t...
John 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers ,.... This must be understood with some restrictions, not of every individual person, nor of every individual prophet or shepherd; not of Moses,...
John 10:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. Ver. 8. All that ever came before me, &c. ] Manes (that mad heretic) made an argument from this text aga...
John 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This must not be understood of the prophets, but of such only as came before Christ, not being sent by him: all those that taught people another way of life and salvation, than by believing in the Me...
John 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - 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 10:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jesus the Door to the sheepfold:
John 10:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 5:36 ; Ezekiel 22:25-28 ; Ezekiel 34:2 ; Isaiah 56:10-12 ; John 10:1 ; John 10:27 ; John 10:5 ; Zechariah 11:16 ; Zechariah 11:4-9 ; Zephaniah 3:3
John 10:8 - 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 10:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Whosoever are come — Independently of me, assuming any part of my character, pretending, like your elders and rabbis, to a power over the consciences of men, attempting to make laws in the Church,...

John 10:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 10:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

John 10:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 10:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 10:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 10:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 10:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 10:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 10:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 10:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 10:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 10:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 10:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 10:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 10:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 10:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 10:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 10:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 10:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 10:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 10:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 10:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 10:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 10:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 10:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 10:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 10:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 10:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 10:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

John 10:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes