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Contemporary English Version

John 10:11

I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Sheep;   Shepherd;   Suffering;   Scofield Reference Index - Assurance-Security;   Life;   Sanctification;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Church;   Death;   Names;   Saviour, Christ Our;   Shepherd, Christ;   Similitudes;   Sin-Saviour;   Sufferings of Christ;   Titles and Names;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Love;   Sacrifice;   Shepherds/pastors;   Unity;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Atonement, the;   Christ, the Shepherd;   Excellency and Glory of Christ, the;   Sheep;   Titles and Names of Saints;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Life;   Shepherd;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elder;   Jesus christ;   Pastor;   Sheep;   Shepherd;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Christ, Christology;   Flock;   God;   Lamb, Lamb of God;   Micah, Theology of;   Person, Personhood;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Calvinists;   Soul;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Parable;   Sheep;   Shepherd;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - John, the Gospel According to;   Joseph;   Parable;   Sheep;   Shepherd;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Anthropology;   Flock;   Incarnation;   Jesus Christ;   Names of God;   Pastor;   Redeem, Redemption, Redeemer;   Rhetoric;   Shepherd;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Atonement;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Soul;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Agriculture;   Allegory;   Atonement (2);   Bishop, Elder, Presbyter;   Character;   Communion (2);   Complacency;   Deliverance ;   Discourse;   Doctrines;   Foresight;   Gospel (2);   Ideas (Leading);   Lord's Supper (Ii);   Manuscripts;   Metaphors;   Ministry;   Mission;   Names and Titles of Christ;   Obedience (2);   Parable;   Pastor;   Philanthropy;   Prophet;   Propitiation (2);   Redemption;   Redemption (2);   Rufus;   Sacrifice;   Sacrifice (2);   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Sheep, Shepherd;   Shepherd;   Soul;   Spirit ;   Universalism (2);   Vicarious Sacrifice;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Shepherd;   23 Life Living;   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - names of our lord;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Flock;   Pastor;   Shepherd;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Church;   Names titles and offices of christ;   Pastors;   Sheep;   Shepherd;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sheep;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Christ;   Church;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - For;   Give;   Good;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Life;   Lord's Supper (Eucharist);   Number;   Psychology;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Didascalia;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 23;   Every Day Light - Devotion for October 29;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
"I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I am ye good shepeheerd. The good shepeheerd geveth his lyfe for ye shepe.
Hebrew Names Version
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
International Standard Version
"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]
New American Standard Bible
"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
New Century Version
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
Update Bible Version
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Webster's Bible Translation
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
English Standard Version
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
World English Bible
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
Weymouth's New Testament
"I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I am a good scheepherde; a good scheepherde yyueth his lijf for hise scheep.
English Revised Version
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
Berean Standard Bible
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Amplified Bible
"I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His [own] life for the sheep.
American Standard Version
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.
Bible in Basic English
I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.
Complete Jewish Bible
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Darby Translation
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:
Etheridge Translation
I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd his life layeth down for his flock.
Murdock Translation
I am a good shepherd. A good shepherd exposeth his life for the sheep.
King James Version (1611)
I am the good shepheard: the good shepheard giueth his life for the sheepe.
New Living Translation
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.
New Life Bible
"I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
New Revised Standard
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe.
George Lamsa Translation
I am the good shepherd; a good shepherd risks his life for the sake of his sheep.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, am the good shepherd: The good shepherd, his life, layeth down, for the sheep.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.
Revised Standard Version
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I am the good sheephearde. A good sheephearde, geueth his lyfe for the sheepe.
Good News Translation
"I am the good shepherd, who is willing to die for the sheep.
Christian Standard Bible®
“I am the good shepherd.
King James Version
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Lexham English Bible
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Literal Translation
I am the Good Shepherd! The Good Shepherd lays down His life on behalf of the sheep.
Young's Literal Translation
`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I am a good shepherde. A good shepherde geueth his life for the shepe.
Mace New Testament (1729)
I am the true pastor: the true pastor exposes his life for the sheep.
THE MESSAGE
"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.
New English Translation
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
New King James Version
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
Simplified Cowboy Version
"I am the good cowboy. The good cowboy will die for his cattle.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Legacy Standard Bible
"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

Contextual Overview

1 Jesus said: I tell you for certain that only thieves and robbers climb over the fence instead of going in through the gate to the sheep pen. 2But the gatekeeper opens the gate for the shepherd, and he goes in through it. The sheep know their shepherd's voice. He calls each of them by name and leads them out. 4 When he has led out all of his sheep, he walks in front of them, and they follow, because they know his voice. 5 The sheep will not follow strangers. They don't recognize a stranger's voice, and they run away. 6 Jesus told the people this story. But they did not understand what he was talking about. 7 Jesus said: I tell you for certain that I am the gate for the sheep. 8 Everyone who came before me was a thief or a robber, and the sheep did not listen to any of them. 9 I am the gate. All who come in through me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture. 10 A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so that everyone would have life, and have it in its fullest. 11 I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.

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

Genesis 10:1
After the flood Shem, Ham, and Japheth had many descendants.
Numbers 24:22
but they will be wiped out when Assyria conquers them.
Numbers 24:24
Ships will come from Cyprus, bringing people who will invade the lands of Assyria and Eber. But finally, Cyprus itself will be ruined."
2 Kings 19:36
After this King Sennacherib went back to Assyria and lived in the city of Nineveh.
Ezra 4:2
So they went to Zerubbabel and to the family leaders and said, "Let us help! Ever since King Esarhaddon of Assyria brought us here, we have worshiped your God and offered sacrifices to him."
Psalms 83:8
Even Assyria has joined forces with Moab and Ammon.
Isaiah 37:37
After this, King Sennacherib went back to Assyria and lived in the city of Nineveh.
Ezekiel 27:23
You also did business with merchants from the cities of Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad,
Ezekiel 32:22
The graves of soldiers from Assyria are there. They once terrified people, but they were killed in battle and now lie deep in the world of the dead.
Hosea 14:3
Assyria can't save us, and chariots can't help. So we will no longer worship the idols we have made. Our Lord , you show mercy to orphans."

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 רועים כהנים, "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 רועה טוב, "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 רועה טוב, "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; “I put my life in my hands and passed over,” 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.


 
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