John 10:16 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:16

The unity of the flock. To bring about unity in thought is the aim of the thinker; to bring about unity in life and action is the aim of the practical man, who is called to be the leader and ruler of his fellow-men. Christ, as the good Shepherd, who has shrunk from no effort, from no sacrifice, to secure the welfare of his sheep, contemplates and designs, in the exercise of his spiritual authority, the consolidation of the grandest unity of which mankind is capable. I. THE SUBJECTS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:16-18

(a) The continuity of the Shepherd-activity , notwithstanding the laying down of his life . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 10:16

Other sheep - There are others who shall be members of my redeemed church.I have - This does not imply that they were then his friends, but that they would be. There were others whom it was his purpose and intention to call to the blessings of the gospel and salvation. The purpose was so sure, and the fact that they would believe on him so certain, that he could use the present tense as if they were already his own. This purpose was in accordance with the promise Isaiah 53:11, “He shall see of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 10:16-18

John 10:16-18. And other sheep have I Whom I foreknow as repenting and believing in me; which are not of this fold Not of the Jewish Church or nation, but Gentiles. Some, indeed, understand by these the Jews living out of the land of Canaan; but certainly they could not with propriety be said not to belong to the fold of Israel. The incorporating the believing Gentiles into one church with the Jews was a grand event, worthy of such particular notice. Them also I must bring Namely, into... 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 10:16

other . Greek altos. See App-124 . of = out of. Greek. ek. App-104 . fold . Greek aule = a place in the open air, as in John 10:1 , not the same word as in the next clause. I must = it behoves Me. shall = will. be = become. fold = flock. Greek poimne. Only here, Matthew 26:31 . Luk 2:8 . 1 Corinthians 9:7 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 10:16

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also must I bring, and they shall hear my voice; and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.Not of this fold ... These are the Gentiles whom Christ would save and who together with the spiritual Israel (a remnant of the whole) would thenceforth compose the one flock of God.One flock ... The KJV is incorrect in rendering this "one fold." Jesus here changed from the word "fold" to that of "flock," because, due to the metaphor, it might... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 10:16

John 10:16. And other sheep I have,— "To convince you that I know my sheep, and am known of them, I tell you that I have other sheep besides the Jews; I have sheep among the Gentiles: for I know those in every country, whose honesty of disposition will induce them, through my grace, to accept of the gospel in the love of it. (See John 6:37; John 6:39.) These I will bring into my church, and they shall know me, and shall distinguish my voice from that of a stranger; they will cheerfully submit... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 10:16

16. other sheep I have . . . not of this fold: them also I must bring—He means the perishing Gentiles, already His "sheep" in the love of His heart and the purpose of His grace to "bring them" in due time. they shall hear my voice—This is not the language of mere foresight that they would believe, but the expression of a purpose to draw them to Himself by an inward and efficacious call, which would infallibly issue in their spontaneous accession to Him. and there shall be one fold—rather "one... 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