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The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:10

The two missions. Notice— I. THE MISSION OF HUMAN SELFISHNESS . We are taught by Christ that there is such a mission in the world. It is as old as the temptation of our first parents by that evil and selfish spirit, the devil. It was active in the world before and at the time of Christ, and to a greater extent afterwards. Every false teacher, every one that assumes Christ's position, or leads souls from Christ and God either intentionally or unintentionally, is pronounced by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:10

The fullness of life in Jesus. Jesus is the Shepherd, contrasted first of all with the thief , and then with the hireling. In this verse the contrast is with the thief. The thief comes to steal , taking away the sheep from its proper owner. The thief comes to kill , taking away from the sheep all further use and enjoyment of its own life. The thief comes to destroy , ravaging through the fold in pure malice and wantonness, killing the sheep, not for food, but just through... read more

Albert Barnes

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

The thief cometh not ... - The thief has no other design in coming but to plunder. So false teachers have no other end in view but to enrich or aggrandize themselves.I am come that they might have life - See the notes at John 5:24.Might have it more abundantly - Literally, that they may have abundance, or that which abounds. The word denotes that which is not absolutely essential to life, but which is superadded to make life happy. They shall not merely have life - simple, bare existence - but... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 10:9-10

John 10:9-10. I am the door I therefore repeat it again, as a most important truth, that I myself am the only right door of entrance into the church of God; if any one, as a sheep, enter in By me, through faith; he shall be saved Now and hereafter; or rather, he shall be safe, like a sheep in its fold, safe from the wolf, and from those murdering shepherds; and shall go in and out Under my care and guidance, and that of the shepherds whom I have sent, whose instructive voice he... 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 10:10

but = except. Greek. ei me. for to steals = sin order that (Greek. hina) he may steal. and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ), for emph. I am come = I came. that = in order that (Greek. hina) . life . Greek. zoe. App-170 . See note on John 1:4 . might = may. more abundantly , i.e. life in abundance. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 10:10

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.The religious hierarchy of hardened Israel was the murderous thief intent on killing and destroying, and Christ is the true shepherd who came to bring abundant life to the people of God.Abundantly ... How grotesque and unreal are the ideas of those who think the Christian leads a life of boring inhibition, sitting out his years in the chilly twilight of monastic gloom,... read more

Thomas Coke

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

John 10:10. The thief cometh not but for to steal, &c.— "I am no thief or robber, as you may easily know, by considering that the intention of such is only to steal, and kill, and destroy the flock. They assumed the character of teachers divinely commissioned, for no other reason but to promote their own interest, at the expence of their souls: whereas I am not come merely to give you life, but to give it more abundantly than it is given by Mosesin the dispensation of the law." The phrase... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

10. I am come that they might have life, and . . . more abundantly—not merely to preserve but impart LIFE, and communicate it in rich and unfailing exuberance. What a claim! Yet it is only an echo of all His teaching; and He who uttered these and like words must be either a blasphemer, all worthy of the death He died, or "God with us"—there can be no middle course. 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 10:10

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:10

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 10:9-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 10:1-21

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 10:10

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

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

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

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