John 10:3,John 10:4

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:3-4

The Shepherd and the sheep. By anticipation the Lord Jesus laid down in this allegory the relations which should obtain between himself and his people unto t tie end of time. I. THE DIVINE SHEPHERD 'S TREATMENT OF THE FLOCK . 1. He goes before them. Like an Oriental shepherd, Christ does not drive his flock from him; he draws them to him. This he has done in the whole tenor of his human life—in his circumstances , his character, his toils, his sufferings and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 10:3

To him the porter openeth - The porter is the doorkeeper. It seems that the more wealthy Jews who owned flocks employed some person to take charge of the flock. At first all shepherds attended their flocks personally by day and by night, and this continued to be commonly the practice, but not always.The sheep hear his voice - The voice of the shepherd. A flock will readily discern the well-known voice of one who is accustomed to attend them. The meaning is, that the people of God will be found... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 10:2-5

John 10:2-5. He that entereth in by the door is the shepherd, &c. “This mode of speaking, with us, conveys the notion that the shepherd is the only person who enters by the door; yet the door-keeper, and the sheep themselves, enter also the same way. The original expression is manifestly intended to denote the constant, not the peculiar, use which the shepherd makes of the door, as opposed to the constant use of thieves and robbers, to force their entrance by breaking or climbing over... 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 10:3

porter = door-keeper. Greek. thuroros. Occurs only here; John 18:16 , John 18:17 . Mark 13:34 . Compare App-160 . hear = hear [and understand]. Compare John 8:43 . calleth . Greek. kaleo. But all the texts read phoneo, generally implying a personal address. Compare John 13:13 . by name = according to (Greek. kata. App-104 .) their name. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 10:3

To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.There are two extended metaphors in view here, the first ending with John 10:6, and the other extending through John 10:18. David Lipscomb's concise analysis is helpful:In the first parable, Jesus is the Shepherd entering into the fold and calling his sheep. In the second, Jesus is the door by or through which the sheep enter the fold of God.[5]Similarly, Christ is the door in two... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 10:2-4

John 10:2-4. But he that entereth, &c.— "The teacher who believes on me, and acts by my commission, is properly the shepherd; to him the door-keeper openeth, and the sheep hear his voice. The people of God, knowing him to be the true pastor, hearken unto him, and he calleth, &c." Our Lord here alludes to the customs of Judea; where the shepherds gave names to their sheep, which answered to them as dogs and horses do with us; following them to their pasture, and wherever their shepherds... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 10:3

3. To him the porter openeth—that is, right of free access is given, by order of Him to whom the sheep belong; for it is better not to give the allusion a more specific interpretation [CALVIN, MEYER, LUTHARDT]. and the sheep hear his voice—This and all that follows, though it admits of important application to every faithful shepherd of God's flock, is in its direct and highest sense true only of "the great Shepherd of the sheep," who in the first five verses seems plainly, under the simple... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 10:1-6

Jesus’ presentation of the figure 10:1-6This teaching is quite similar to what the Synoptic evangelists recorded Jesus giving in His parables, but there is a significant difference. John called this teaching a figure of speech (Gr. paroimian) rather than a parable (Gr. parabole). Parables generally stress only one or a few points of comparison, but the sustained metaphors that follow develop many similarities. John did not include any Synoptic-style parables in his narrative.Jesus evidently... 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

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:3-4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 10:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 10:2-5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 10:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 10:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 10:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 10:2-4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 10:3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 10:1-6

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

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