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 not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. Our Lord here manifestly refers back to His discourse about the Shepherd and the sheep at the Feast of Tabernacles (John 10:1-18). He did not there expressly say what is here mentioned; but the sharp line of demarcation there drawn between the sheep who hear only their own shepherd's voice, and those who are led away by deceivers, implied as much, and what follows shows that His object was, first, to resume that subject, and then to carry it out further and raise it higher than before.