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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:25

‘Jesus answered them, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these bear witness of me’. His reply is that they had neither listened to what He had been saying, nor rightly interpreted His amazing acts of power. All He had said and done had revealed Him as God’s Messiah (see Matthew 11:2-6). But they had refused to understand His words and His deeds because He was not the kind of Messiah they were looking for. They would possibly have followed Him if He... 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 10:25

I have in effect told it you more than once; I have told you that I am sent of the Father, &c., I have said enough for you to conclude it; but you will not understand, you will not receive it, you will not believe what I say. What need you any further witness of it, than those works which I do by Divine power; by virtue of my oneness with my Father, and of that power and authority which he hath committed to me, that by them I might confirm the doctrine which I have taught you? read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 10:22-41

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 10:22-38. Our Lord’s utterances at the feast of dedication on His oneness with the Father, etc.—This feast (τὰ ἐγκαίνια—the Encænia) was post-exilic in its origin. It commemorated the re-dedication of the temple and the renewing of the altar by Judas Maccabæus after their profanation by Antiochus Epiphanes. It was also called τὰ φῶτα, “Lights,” from a later custom of illuminating the city and temple (vide Jos., Ant.; Smith, Dictionary of the Bible, etc.). It... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 10:1-42

Chapter 10So chapter 10, it would seem to be as just a continuation of this whole movement here of the blind man receiving his sight, being put out by the organized religious system, being taken in by Jesus Christ. And so Jesus said,Verily, verily I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber ( John 10:1 ).Now later on He said, "I am the door." If a man tries to come by any other system, by any other way,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 10:1-42

John 10:1 . He that entereth not by the door is a thief and a robber. After the scribes had formed a plot against the life of the good shepherd, he told them that they were not the children of Abraham, but were of the serpent’s race. He now denounces them as impostors in the sanctuary, and not “moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon them that office and ministry.” They had assumed the sacred dignities for bread, for honour, for the splendour of robes to command the respect of the people. They... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 10:24-39

John 10:24-39Then came the Jews round about HimThe scene and circumstancesHere in this bright colonnade, decked for the feast with glittering trophies, Jesus was walking up and down, quietly, and apparently without companions, sometimes, perhaps, gazing across the valley of Kidron at the whited sepulchres of the prophets whom generations of Jews had slain, and enjoying the mild winter sunlight, when, as though by a preconcerted movement, the Pharisaic party and their leaders suddenly surrounded... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 10:25

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. Ver. 25. I told you, and ye believed not ] q.d. Your malice lies in the way, that neither mine oracles nor miracles can work upon your hearts. Therefore also Christ enlargeth them with a double unbelief: Ye believe not, saith he; and again, Ye believe not: this is the damning sin against the gospel; yea, this some will have to be that sin against the Holy Ghost, for... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - John 10:25

I told: John 5:17-:, John 8:12, John 8:24, John 8:58 the works: John 10:32, John 10:38, John 3:2, John 5:36, John 7:31, John 11:47, John 12:37, John 14:11, John 20:30, Acts 2:22, Acts 10:38, Hebrews 2:3 Reciprocal: Matthew 11:5 - blind Matthew 21:25 - Why Luke 22:67 - If John 5:43 - come John 10:37 - General read more

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