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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - John 10:22-30

22-30 All who have any thing to say to Christ, may find him in the temple. Christ would make us to believe; we make ourselves doubt. The Jews understood his meaning, but could not form his words into a full charge against him. He described the gracious disposition and happy state of his sheep; they heard and believed his word, followed him as his faithful disciples, and none of them should perish; for the Son and the Father were one. Thus he was able to defend his sheep against all their... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - John 10:1-99

John 10 THERE IS NO real break where this chapter commences in our Bibles. The Lord’s answer which commenced in the last verse of the ninth chapter, continues to the end of verse Joh_10:5 of this chapter. He propounded to them the parable of the Shepherd and the fold, and it illustrated the point, inasmuch as there were not only “the sheep” but also “His own sheep.” These last knew the Shepherd’s voice and so recognized Him. The man of the previous chapter was one of “His own sheep.” The... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - John 10:22-30

Christ's Sermon at the Feast of Dedication. The testimony of Jesus concerning Himself: v. 22. And it was at Jerusalem, the Feast of the Dedication, and it was winter. v. 23. And Jesus walked in the Temple in Solomon's Porch. v. 24. Then came the Jews round about Him, and said unto Him, How long dost Thou make us to doubt? If Thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. v. 25. Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not; the works that I do in My Father's name, they bear witness of Me.... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - John 10:22-42

FOURTH SECTIONThe separation between the friends and foes of Christ, the children of light and the children of darknesss John 10:22 to John 13:30IANTITHESIS BETWEEN THE UNBELIEVERS IN JUDEA, WHO WISH TO KILL THELORD, AND THE BELIEVERS IN PEREA, AMONG WHOM HE FINDS REFUGE. THE FEAST OF THEDEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE. THE FINAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE FALSE MESSIANIC HOPE ANDTHE TRUE MESSIANIC WORK; FOLLOWED SPEEDILY BY THE STONING. THE TRUE AND THE FALSEDEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE. CHRIST THE SON OF GOD.... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - John 10:19-30

Our Assurance of Safe-Keeping John 10:19-30 Our Lord did not shrink from the avowal of His divine origin and glory, when there was need or when they were challenged. See John 4:26 ; Matthew 26:64 . For the most part, however, He wished men to exercise their own faculties of discernment and to accept Him, not because He told them what He was, but because they were inwardly convinced. In John 10:27 we have three characteristics of His sheep-to hear, to be recognized by Him, and to follow; and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - John 10:1-42

Continuing, He gave a more detailed picture of that coming order. There was to be a fold, with a door. There was to be a flock, with a shepherd. Entrance to the fold would be by the door. The flock would know and follow the shepherd. Here John declared, "They understood not what things they were that He spake unto them"; and that "therefore" of Jesus shows that what followed in His teaching resulted from their failure to understand. This fuller statement centers on two principal claims of our... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:30

“I and the Father are one.” ‘One’ is not in the masculine but in the neuter, thus indicating that He does not mean one person. He and His Father always act in perfect unity. They act as one in everything they do. Thus when He protects His sheep, so does His Father. When He saves them, so does His Father. All their acts are in synchronism. While the stress is on their unity of action, however, this very fact demonstrates His unique status. Who, who was not divine in essence, could so synchronise... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:22-42

John 10:22-Luke : . The Feast of the Dedication.— Mg., “ At that time” suggests a closer connexion with what precedes than the old reading “ And.” But in any case the notes of time are not precise. The Feast of the Dedication (p. 104) was instituted to commemorate the restoration (p. 607) of the Temple services in 165 by the Maccabees after its desecration for three years by Antiochus Epiphanes ( 1Ma_4:36-59 , 2Ma_10:1-8 , Josephus, Ant. XII. vii. 7). It lasted for eight days from December... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 10:30

My Father and I are one, not only in counsel and will, (as John 17:11,John 17:22, and believers are said to be of one heart, Acts 4:32), but in nature, power, and essence; for it is plain that our Saviour here ascribes the preservation of his sheep, not to the will, but to the power of his Father: None is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. And it is plain by what follows, that the Jews thus understood our Saviour. Some eminent protestant interpreters expound this of a oneness in... read more

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