John 10:11-14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 10:1-18

It is not certain whether this discourse was at the feast of dedication in the winter (spoken of John 10:22), which may be taken as the date, not only of what follows, but of what goes before (that which countenances this is, that Christ, in his discourse there, carries on the metaphor of the sheep, John 10:26, 27, whence it seems that that discourse and this were at the same time); or whether this was a continuation of his parley with the Pharisees, in the close of the foregoing chapter. The... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 10:11-15

10:11-15 "I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. The hireling, who is not a real shepherd, and to whom the sheep do not really belong, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and runs away; and the wolf seizes them and scatters them. He abandons the sheep because he is a hireling, and the sheep are nothing to him. I am the good shepherd, and I know my own sheep, and my own sheep know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:11

I am the good shepherd ,.... A shepherd of his Father's appointing, calling, and sending, to whom the care of all his sheep, or chosen ones, was committed; who was set up as a shepherd over them by him, and was entrusted with them; and who being called, undertook to feed them; and being promised, was sent unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel; and under the character of a shepherd, died for them, and rose again, and is accountable to his Father for everyone of them; the shepherd, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:12

But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd ,.... That is, who is not the owner of the sheep, though he keeps them, yet only for reward: by whom are meant, not the faithful ministers of the word, who live upon the Gospel, as Christ has ordained, and who are worthy of their reward, and are not to be called hirelings by way of reproach; since they teach not for hire and reward, but for the good of souls, and the interest of the Redeemer; but such who seek only their gain, from their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:13

The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling ,.... And has no propriety in the sheep; had he, he would abide by them, and defend them; but because he has not, he will not expose himself to any danger, but leaves them: and careth not for the sheep ; what becomes of them, providing only for his own safety. Abarbinel F25 Mashmia Jeshua, fol. 20. 4. has a note on Isaiah 40:11 which may serve to illustrate this passage: ""he shall feed his flock like a shepherd"; not as he that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:14

I am the good shepherd ,.... See Gill on John 10:11 . And know my sheep ; so as to call them all by their names: Christ has an universal, special, distinct, and exact knowledge of all his sheep, as they are the choice of his Father, as his Father's gift to him; and as his own purchase; he bears an affectionate love to them, and takes special care of them; indulges them with intimate communion with himself; and owns and acknowledges them as his, both here and hereafter: and I am... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:11

I am the good shepherd - Whose character is the very reverse of that which has already been described. In John 10:7 , John 10:9 , our Lord had called himself the door of the sheep, as being the sole way to glory, and entrance into eternal life; here he changes the thought, and calls himself the shepherd, because of what he was to do for them that believe in him, in order to prepare them for eternal glory. Giveth his life for the sheep - That is, gives up his soul as a sacrifice to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:12

But he that is a hireling - Or, as my old MS. Bible reads it, the marchaunt , he who makes merchandise of men's souls; bartering them, and his own too, for filthy lucre. Let not the reader apply this, or any of the preceding censures, to any particular class or order of men: every religious party may have a hireling priest, or minister; and where the provision is the greatest there the danger is most. Whose own the sheep are not - A hireling priest, who has never been the instrument of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:14

I - know my sheep - I know, τα εμα , them that are mine: I know their hearts, their wishes, their purposes, their circumstances; and I approve of them; for in this sense the word to know is often taken in the Scriptures. Homer represents the goatherds as being so well acquainted with their own, though mixed with others, as easily to distinguish them. Τους δ ' ὡς ' αιπολια πλατε ' αιγων αιπολοι ανδρεςπ Ῥεια διακρινεωσιν, επει κε νομῳ μιγεωσιν . Iliad. 2. 474. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:11

Verse 11 11.The good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. From the extraordinary affection which he bears towards the sheep, he shows how truly he acts towards them as a shepherd; for he is so anxious about their salvation, that he does not even spare his own life. Hence it follows, that they who reject the guardianship of so kind and amiable a shepherd are exceedingly ungrateful, and deserve a hundred deaths, and are exposed to every kind of harm. The remark of Augustine is exceedingly... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 10:1-18

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 10:11-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 10:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:11

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