Chapter 10:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Johnson
| Lightfoot
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| McGarvey Pendleton
| McGee
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Luke Acts
John 10
Concise Complete
The parable of the good shepherd. (1-5) Christ the Door.
(6-9) Christ the good Shepherd. (10-18) The Jews' opinion concerning Jesus.
(19-21) His discourse at the feast of dedication. (22-30) The Jews attempt to
stone Jesus. (31-38) He departs from Jerusalem. (39-42)
Verses 1-5 Here is a
parable or similitude, taken from the customs of the East, in the management of
sheep. Men, as creatures depending on their Creator, are called the sheep of his
pasture. The church of God in the world is as a sheep-fold, exposed to deceivers
and persecutors. The great Shepherd of the sheep knows all that are his, guards
them by his providence, guides them by his Spirit and word, and goes before
them, as the Eastern shepherds went before their sheep, to set them in the way
of his steps. Ministers must serve the sheep in their spiritual concerns. The
Spirit of Christ will set before them an open door. The sheep of Christ will
observe their Shepherd, and be cautious and shy of strangers, who would draw
them from faith in him to fancies about him.
Verses 6-9 Many who
hear the word of Christ, do not understand it, because they will not. But we
shall find one scripture expounding another, and the blessed Spirit making known
the blessed Jesus. Christ is the Door. And what greater security has the church
of God than that the Lord Jesus is between it and all its enemies? He is a door
open for passage and communication. Here are plain directions how to come into
the fold; we must come in by Jesus Christ as the Door. By faith in him as the
great Mediator between God and man. Also, we have precious promises to those
that observe this direction. Christ has all that care of his church, and every
believer, which a good shepherd has of his flock; and he expects the church, and
every believer, to wait on him, and to keep in his pasture.
Verses 10-18
Christ is a good Shepherd; many who were not thieves, yet were careless in their
duty, and by their neglect the flock was much hurt. Bad principles are the root
of bad practices. The Lord Jesus knows whom he has chosen, and is sure of them;
they also know whom they have trusted, and are sure of Him. See here the grace
of Christ; since none could demand his life of him, he laid it down of himself
for our redemption. He offered himself to be the Saviour; Lo, I come. And the
necessity of our case calling for it, he offered himself for the Sacrifice. He
was both the offerer and the offering, so that his laying down his life was his
offering up himself. From hence it is plain, that he died in the place and stead
of men; to obtain their being set free from the punishment of sin, to obtain the
pardon of their sin; and that his death should obtain that pardon. Our Lord laid
not his life down for his doctrine, but for his sheep.
Verses 19-21 Satan
ruins many, by putting them out of conceit with the word and ordinances. Men
would not be laughed out of their necessary food, yet suffer themselves thus to
be laughed out of what is far more necessary. If our zeal and earnestness in the
cause of Christ, especially in the blessed work of bringing his sheep into his
fold, bring upon us evil names, let us not heed it, but remember our Master was
thus reproached before us.
Verses 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 enemies, which proves that he claimed Divine power and
perfection equally with the Father.
Verses 31-38
Christ's works of power and mercy proclaim him to be over all, God blessed for
evermore, that all may know and believe He is in the Father, and the Father in
Him. Whom the Father sends, he sanctifies. The holy God will reward, and
therefore will employ, none but such as he makes holy. The Father was in the
Son, so that by Divine power he wrought his miracles; the Son was so in the
Father, that he knew the whole of His mind. This we cannot by searching find out
to perfection, but we may know and believe these declarations of Christ.
Verses 39-42 No
weapon formed against our Lord Jesus shall prosper. He escaped, not because he
was afraid to suffer, but because his hour was not come. And He who knew how to
deliver himself, knows how to deliver the godly our of their temptations, and to
make a way for them to escape. Persecutors may drive Christ and his gospel our
of their own city or country, but they cannot drive him or it out of the world.
When we know Christ by faith in our hearts, we find all that the Scripture saith
of him is true.
Chapter 10:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Johnson
| Lightfoot
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| McGarvey Pendleton
| McGee
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Luke Acts
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
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Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
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Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
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Obadiah
Jonah
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Nahum
Habakkuk
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Matthew
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Luke
John
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1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
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1 Thessalonians
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1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
