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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 10:8

All that ever came before me - This does not refer to the prophets, but to those who came pretending to be the pastors or guides of the people. Some have supposed that he referred to those who pretended to be the Messiah before him; but there is not evidence that any such person appeared before the coming of Jesus. It is probable that he rather refers to the scribes and Pharisees, who claimed to be instructors of the people, who claimed the right to regulate the affairs of religion, and whose... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 10:6-8

John 10:6-8. This parable spake Jesus: but they understood not, &c. In this symbolical way Jesus taught the Pharisees the difference between true and false teachers; but they did not understand the meaning of what he said: therefore he added, by way of explication, Verily, verily, I say unto you I solemnly assure you of it, as an undoubted and most momentous truth; I am the door of the sheep That is, the door by which the sheep- fold is entered. Or his meaning may be, I am not only... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 10:1-21

93. The good shepherd (John 10:1-21)In the story of the good shepherd, Jesus was continuing the teaching he had begun after healing the blind man. Among his hearers were the Pharisees (see John 9:40), but they could not see that he was contrasting their treatment of the blind man with his. They acted like thieves and robbers, but Jesus acted like a good shepherd. As a result the man rejected the leadership of the Pharisees, but he clearly recognized Jesus as the shepherd-saviour and gladly... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 10:8

All that ever = All whoever. before . Greek pro. App-104 . The true Shepherd could not come till God's purpose was ripe in the fullness of the times (Galatians 1:4 , Galatians 1:4 ). Moses and the prophets were not "thieves and robbers". None of them claimed to do more than point, as John the Baptist did, to the coming One. All others were deceivers. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 10:8

All that came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.As Richardson noted:To the rulers who fattened themselves at the expense of the flock, the Sadducean high priests, and Pharisaic doctors, the Herods and the Roman procurators - all these wicked shepherds (in the sense of Ezekiel 34) had climbed into their place of domination over the flock by illegitimate means; and it was they who conspired against the Divine Shepherd, who would lay down his life for the sheep and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 10:8

John 10:8. All that ever came before me— "All those who in former times assumed the characters of teachers of religion, without commission from me, are thieves and robbers." Here, as in many other instances, our Lord's words are very elliptical, and must be filled up from what goes before. The gloss that we have ventured to give, is taken from Joh 10:1 and seems altogether necessary, because it does not clearly appear from history, that any one among the Jews assumed the title of Messiah before... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 10:8

8. All that ever came before me—the false prophets; not as claiming the prerogatives of Messiah, but as perverters of the people from the way of life, all pointing to Him [OLSHAUSEN]. the sheep did not hear them—the instinct of their divinely taught hearts preserving them from seducers, and attaching them to the heaven-sent prophets, of whom it is said that "the Spirit of Christ was in them" (1 Peter 1:11). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 10:1-21

7. The Good Shepherd discourse 10:1-21Evidently this teaching followed what John recorded in chapter 9 (John 10:21), but exactly when between the feast of Tabernacles (John 7:2; John 7:14; John 7:37) and the feast of Dedication (John 10:22) it happened is unclear. The place where Jesus gave it appears to have been Jerusalem (John 10:21). Probably this teaching followed the preceding one immediately. The thematic as well as the linguistic connections are strong. The blind beggar had just been... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 10:7-8

Jesus introduced another of His "I am" claims. He professed to be the door or gate of the sheepfold (cf. John 1:51; John 14:6). Some commentators have pointed out that some ancient Near Eastern shepherds slept in the gateways of their sheepfolds and so served as human gates. [Note: E.g., Beasley-Murray, p. 169.] This may seem to alleviate the incongruity of Jesus being both the Shepherd and the gate. However the other differences in the two pictures of the fold presented in John 10:1-5; John... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 10:7-18

Jesus’ expansion of the figure 10:7-18The difference between this teaching and Jesus’ parables in the Synoptics now becomes clearer. Jesus proceeded to compare Himself to the pen gate as well as to the Shepherd. He also described Himself leading His sheep into the fold as well as out of it. Jesus was using the illustration to teach more than one lesson. read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 10:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 10:6-8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 10:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 10:8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 10:8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 10:8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 10:8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 10:1-21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 10:7-8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 10:7-18

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