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John 10:11 KJV
John · chapter 10 · verse 11
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.John 10:11 · King James Version
John 10:11 in context
9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Commentary
Cross references
- John 10:14-15
- Psalms 23:1
- John 15:13
- Revelation 7:17
- Isaiah 40:11
- 1 Peter 2:24-25
- 1 John 3:16
- Hebrews 13:20
Key words (Strong's)
- shepherdpoimēna herdsman, esp. a shepherd, in the parable, he to whose care and control others have…G4166 →
- givethtithēmito set, put, place, to place or lay, to put down, lay down, to bend down, to lay off or…G5087 →
- goodkalosbeautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable…G2570 →
- lifepsychēbreath, the breath of life, the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in…G5590 →
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It is not certain whether this discourse was at the feast of dedication in the winter (spoken of Joh 10:22), which may be taken as the date, not only of what follows, but of what goes before (that which countenances this is, that Christ, in his discourse there, carries on the metaphor of the sheep, Joh 10:26, Joh…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-18