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John 10:7 KJV
John · chapter 10 · verse 7
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.John 10:7 · King James Version
John 10:7 in context
5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Verilyamēnfirm, metaph. faithful, verily, amen, at the beginning of a discourseG281 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- doorthyraa door, the vestibule, used of any opening like a door, an entrance, way or passage into…G2374 →
- saylegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
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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