John 10:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. ”

• John 10:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  By me - By my instruction and merits. Shall be saved - See John 5:24 . Shall go in and out ... - This is language applied, commonly to flocks. It meant that he shall be well supplied, an...

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• John 10:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (3) I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall (d) go in and out, and find pasture. (3) Only Christ is the true Pastor, and those only are the true Church who acknowledge...

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• John 10:9 - 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...

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• John 10:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  I am . I represent. See note on John 6:35 . if, &c.. contingency which would be proved by the result. App-118. Not the same word as in Joh 24:33, Joh 24:37, Joh 24:38. any man . any one. A...

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• John 10:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  9. If any man enter by me. The highest consolation of believers is, that when they have once embraced Christ, they learn that they are out of danger; for Christ promises to them salvation an...

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• John 10:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1662 THE GOOD SHEPHERD John 10:9 . I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture . THE importance of sound doctrine cannot be...

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• John 10:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. I am the door: by me if any man enter, etc. - Those who come for salvation to God, through Chri...

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• John 10:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  By me if any man enter in,— "If any man believeth on me, he shall become a true member of God's church on earth, and, if faithful, shall from time to time receive such instructions as shall nourish...

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• John 10:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. I am the door: by me if any man enter in - whether shepherd or sheep, He shall be sa...

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• John 10:9 - 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...

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• John 10:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  By me if any man enter in. — He returns to the thought of the door, through which every true shepherd must himself enter the fold. The thought is parallel to that of the “strait gate” and “narrow w...

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• John 10:9 - 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....

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• John 10:9 - 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...

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• John 10:9 - 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...

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• John 10:9 - 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...

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• John 10:9 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  CHRIST THE DOOR ‘I am the Door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.’ John 10:9 It is an open question whether the text refers to priests...

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• John 10:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  I am the door ,.... Of the sheep, as before, see John 10:7 . The Ethiopic version reads, "I am the true door of the sheep"; which is repeated for further confirmation, and for the sake of introduci...

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• John 10:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. Ver. 9. And shall go in and out, &c. ] That is, shall live securely, and be fed daily a...

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• John 10:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I am the door I therefore repeat it again, as a most important truth, that I myself am the only right door of entrance into the church of God; if any one , as a sheep, enter in By me, through fa...

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• John 10:9 - 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...

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• John 10:9 - 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...

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• John 10:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Our Saviour here lets us know, that he meant by the door, in the former verse, the door of salvation; the way by which every man must enter into life that findeth life; not the door only by which e...

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• John 10:9 - 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...

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• John 10:9 - 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...

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• John 10:9 - Scofield Reference Notes

  saved ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 1:16 ).

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• John 10:9 - 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...

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• John 10:9 - 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...

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• John 10:9 - 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...

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• John 10:9 - 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...

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• John 10:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Jesus the Door to the sheepfold:

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• John 10:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ephesians 2:18 ; Ezekiel 34:12-16 ; Hebrews 10:19-22 ; Isaiah 40:11 ; Isaiah 49:10 ; Isaiah 49:9 ; John 10:1 ; John 10:7 ; John 14:6 ; Psalms 100:3 ; Psalms 100:4 ; Psalms 23:1-6 ; Psalm...

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• John 10:9 - 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: "...

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• John 10:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  If any one — As a sheep, enter in by me — Through faith, he shall be safe — From the wolf, and from those murdering shepherds. And shall go in and out — Shall continually attend on the shepherds wh...

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