John 10:11

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:11

“I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” He is a good shepherd, efficient and trustworthy, in contrast to the bad shepherds. He does His job thoroughly, watches over His sheep constantly, has deep affection for them and in the end is ready to give His life for them. But He is also the good Shepherd because He is pleasing to the Father, to Whom true goodness alone is acceptable. As we know, giving His life for the sheep is what in fact He did, but His... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 10:1-21

John 10. The Close of the Ministry in Jerusalem. [85] John 10:1-Ecclesiastes : . The Good Shepherd.— The first part of this chapter records Jesus’ teaching on true and false leadership. In John 10:1-Deuteronomy : we have a close resemblance to the Synoptic parable, with one dominant idea. The true leader, wielding the authority of one sent by God, calls out the willing obedience of the led. It arises directly out of the circumstances of the case. As usual the words, “ Verily, verily”... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 10:11

That good Shepherd prophesied of, Isaiah 40:11. I cannot agree with those who think that Christ here speaketh not of himself as the good Shepherd, with reference to his office, as he was the Messiah, but only in opposition to the hirelings after mentioned. I can allow that he thus calleth himself, both in the one respect and the other; but I cannot allow the latter sense exclusively to the former; for what followeth is peculiar to the Messiah, of whom it was prophesied, Daniel 9:26, that he... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 10:1-21

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 10:1-21 contain a discourse on false and true leaders and teachers in reference to Christ, under the allegoric parable of the fold and the good shepherd. The enmity of the Pharisees displayed toward Jesus after the miracle of healing the man born blind led to the assertion of John 9:39. “Are we blind also?” wonderingly asked some of the Pharisees. “You boast that you are not,” is the reply. “You have the light of the divine word, etc., but are wilfully blind... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 10:11

John 10:11 The Shepherd of our Souls In those countries of the East where our Lord appeared, the office of a shepherd is not only a lowly and simple office, and an office of trust, as it is with us, but moreover, an office of great hardship and of peril. Our flocks are exposed to no enemies such as our Lord describes. The shepherd here has no need to prove his fidelity to the sheep by encounters with fierce beasts of prey. The hireling shepherd is not tried. But where our Lord dwelt in the days... 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 10:1-13

John 10:1-13He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfoldShepherdhoodThe simple lesson which our Lord intended to teach in this familiar passage has often been strangely mistaken.The minds of men have been so fixed upon certain ecclesiastical conclusions which have been commonly derived from it, that the simpler but far profounder teaching which the Master had in mind to give has been overlooked. He was not defending the formal authority of His own or of any office. He was not discussing... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 10:11-15

John 10:11-15I am the Good ShepherdChrist the Good ShepherdChrist is “the Good Shepherd.” He is this because I. He OWNS the sheep. He is the Proprietor of the flock. They are His 1. By the gift of the Father. “Thine they were, and Thou gavest them Me.” 2. By creative ties. “His own”--sheep which are His even before they are called. 3. By purchase. “The Good Shepherd giveth” as a deposit, layeth down as a pledge, “His life for the sheep” (Hebrews 13:20). The blood He shed was not in His own... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 10:11

11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. Ver. 11. I am the good shepherd ] So he is by an excellency, for he left his glory to seek out to himself a flock in the wilderness. "He feeds them among the lilies," Song of Solomon 2:16 ; gives them golden fleeces, and shepherds to keep them, after his own heart; watcheth over them night and day in his Migdal Eder , or tower of the flock, Genesis 35:21 ; seeks them up when lost, bears them in his bosom, and gently... read more

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