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John 10:11
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“I am the good shepherd.
I am the good shepheard: the good shepheard giueth his life for the sheepe.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
"I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His [own] life for the sheep.
"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:
"I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe.
I am the good shepherd; a good shepherd risks his life for the sake of his sheep.
"I am the good shepherd, who is willing to die for the sheep.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
I am the Good Shepherd! The Good Shepherd lays down His life on behalf of the sheep.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays downgives">[fn] his life for the sheep.Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:12,23; 37:24; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 2:25; 5:4;">[xr]
I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd his life layeth down for his flock.
I am a good shepherd. A good shepherd exposeth his life for the sheep.
I am the good sheephearde. A good sheephearde, geueth his lyfe for the sheepe.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
"I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.
I am a good scheepherde; a good scheepherde yyueth his lijf for hise scheep.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.
"I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
I, am the good shepherd: The good shepherd, his life, layeth down, for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
I am ye good shepeheerd. The good shepeheerd geveth his lyfe for ye shepe.
`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;
I am a good shepherde. A good shepherde geueth his life for the shepe.
I am the true pastor: the true pastor exposes his life for the sheep.
"I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd puts the sheep before himself, sacrifices himself if necessary. A hired man is not a real shepherd. The sheep mean nothing to him. He sees a wolf come and runs for it, leaving the sheep to be ravaged and scattered by the wolf. He's only in it for the money. The sheep don't matter to him.
"I am the good cowboy. The good cowboy will die for his cattle.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the good: John 10:14, Psalms 23:1, Psalms 80:1, Isaiah 40:11, Ezekiel 34:12, Ezekiel 34:23, Ezekiel 37:24, Micah 5:4, Zechariah 13:7, Hebrews 13:20, 1 Peter 2:25, 1 Peter 5:4
giveth: Genesis 31:39, Genesis 31:40, 1 Samuel 17:34, 1 Samuel 17:35, 2 Samuel 24:17, Isaiah 53:6, Ephesians 5:2, Titus 2:14, 1 Peter 2:24
Reciprocal: Genesis 33:3 - passed Numbers 11:12 - Carry them Numbers 27:16 - set a man 2 Samuel 5:2 - feed 1 Chronicles 21:17 - let thine Psalms 78:52 - like a Song of Solomon 1:7 - thou feedest Ezekiel 34:31 - ye my Matthew 18:12 - if Matthew 27:50 - yielded John 8:18 - one John 10:2 - the shepherd John 10:15 - and I John 10:16 - one shepherd John 15:13 - General John 19:30 - and he John 21:16 - my sheep 2 Corinthians 12:15 - will Galatians 1:4 - gave Galatians 2:20 - who 1 Thessalonians 5:10 - died Revelation 7:17 - feed
Cross-References
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem Ham and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, And they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, And he also shall come to destruction.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' houses, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, which brought us up hither.
Assyria also is joined with them; they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad were they traffickers.
Asshur is there and all her company; his graves are round about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 great and chief shepherd, the famous one, so often spoken and prophesied of, Genesis 49:24. And discharging his office aright, he is the good shepherd; as appears in his providing good pasture, and a good fold for his sheep; in protecting them from their enemies; in healing all their diseases; in restoring their souls when strayed from him; in watching over them in the night seasons, lest any hurt them; in searching for them, when they have been driven, or scattered in the dark and cloudy day; in caring for them, so that he lose none of them; and in nothing more than in what follows,
the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep: not only exposes it to danger, as David did his, for the sake of his father's flock, but gives it away freely and voluntarily, for the sake of the sheep; in their room and stead, as a ransom for them, that they may be delivered from death, and might have eternal life: the Ethiopic version renders it, "the good shepherd gives his life for the redemption of his sheep"; so Nonnus paraphrases it, the "ransom price of his own sheep": this belongs to Christ's priestly office, and with the Jews priests were sometimes shepherds hence we read q of ר××¢×× ××× ××, "shepherds that were priests". Philo the Jew speaks r of God as a shepherd and king; and of his setting his word, his firstborn Son, over the holy flock, to take care of it: and a good shepherd is thus described by the s Jews;
"as ר××¢× ×××, "a good shepherd", delivers the flock from the wolf, and from the lions, (see John 10:12) so he that leads Israel, if he is good, delivers them from the idolatrous nations, and from judgment below and above, and leads them to the life of the world to come, or eternal life; (see John 10:10).''
Which description agrees with Christ, the good shepherd; and so the Lord is said to be ר××¢× ×××, "the good shepherd", and merciful, and there is none like him t.
q Misn. Becorot, c. 5. sect. 4. r De Agricultura, p. 195. & de nom. mutat. p. 1062. s Zohar in Exod. fol. 9. 3. t Aben Ezra in Psal. xxiii. 3. & Kimchi in Psal. xxiii. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The good shepherd - The faithful and true shepherd, willing to do all that is necessary to defend and save the flock.
Giveth his life - A shepherd that regarded his flock would hazard his own life to defend them. When the wolf comes, he would still remain to protect them. To give his life, here, means the same as not to fly, or to forsake his flock; to be willing to expose his life, if necessary, to defend them. Compare Judges 12:3; âI put my life in my hands and passed over,â etc.; 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 28:21. See John 10:15. The Messiah was often predicted under the character of a shepherd.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 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 save them from eternal death.
Some will have the phrase here only to mean hazarding his life in order to protect others; but the 15th, 17th, and 18th verses, John 10:15; John 10:17; John 10:18, as well as the whole tenor of the new covenant, sufficiently prove that the first sense is that in which our Lord's words should be understood.
