Words in italic type have been added for clarity. They are not found in the original Hebrew or Aramaic.
John 10
Jesus the True Shepherd
John 10:1 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
John 10:2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
John 10:3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
John 10:4 And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
- Jesus leads but Satan drives.
John 10:5 Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
John 10:6 Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.
Jesus the Good Shepherd
John 10:7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door (gate) of the sheep.
John 10:8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
John 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
- The Antichrist during the Tribulation is called the “Worthless Shepherd” (An Anti-Shepherd).
Zechariah 11:17 “Woe to the worthless shepherd, who leaves the flock! A sword shall be against his arm and against his right eye; His arm shall completely wither, and his right eye shall be totally blinded.”
John 10:12 But a hireling (hired man), he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.
John 10:13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep.
John 10:14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
John 10:15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
John 10:16 And other sheep (Gentiles) I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
John 10:17-18 “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”
John 10:19 Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these sayings.
John 10:20 And many of them said, “He has a demon and is (insane) mad. Why do you listen to Him?”
John 10:21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
The Shepherd Knows His Sheep
John 10:22 Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.
- NOTE: The Feast of Dedication is Hanukkah, the newest (second) New Year, the Festival of Lights. It is called the Feast of Dedication because the temple was cleansed after the Abomination that causes Desolation by Antiochus IV before the Macabees fought to take Jerusalem back.
John 10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
John 10:24 Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in (suspense) doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
John 10:25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me.
John 10:26 But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.
John 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
John 10:28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
John 10:29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
John 10:30 I and My Father are one.”
| This statement is an echo from Deuteronomy 6:4, proving the word “one” means “unity”, not just a number. |
- Deuteronomy 6:4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!
- They share the same Spiritual DNA being identical in every way but with different roles. They are unified in goal, purpose and character.
- They are “Holy, Holy, Holy”, The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus
John 10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.
- They are threatening to stone the Stone of Israel.
Genesis 49:24 But his bow remained in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong By the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel),
John 10:32 Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”
John 10:33 The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a man, make Yourself God.
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods” ’?
John 10:35 If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
John 10:36 do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
John 10:37 If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;
John 10:38 but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and (understand) believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”
John 10:39 Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.
The Believers Beyond Jordan
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