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Contemporary English Version

John 10:9

I am the gate. All who come in through me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Penitent;   Regeneration;   Sheep;   Shepherd;   Thompson Chain Reference - Access to God;   Admission, Exclusion;   Food, Physical-Spiritual;   Food, Spiritual;   Prayer;   Salvation;   Salvation-Condemnation;   Sinners;   Spiritual;   Universal;   The Topic Concordance - Jesus Christ;   Life;   Love;   Sacrifice;   Shepherds/pastors;   Unity;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Access to God;   Christ, the Shepherd;   Gates;   Sheep;   Titles and Names of Saints;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shepherd;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Pastor;   Shepherd;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Covenant;   God;   King, Christ as;   Lamb, Lamb of God;   Life;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Soul;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Doors;   Parable;   Sheep;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Parable;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Door;   Names of God;   Shepherd;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Allegory;   Animals;   Discourse;   Divinity of Christ;   Door ;   Ideas (Leading);   Metaphors;   Parable;   Salvation;   Sheep, Shepherd;   Son of God;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Door;   Liberty;   Sheep;   Shepherd;   1910 New Catholic Dictionary - names of our lord;   door;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Flock;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Sheep;   Shepherd;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sheep;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Christ;   Door;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Door;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for April 19;   Every Day Light - Devotion for November 18;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved. They will be able to come in and go out. They will find everything they need.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I am the dore: by me yf eny man enter in he shalbe safe and shall goo in and out and fynde pasture.
Hebrew Names Version
I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
International Standard Version
I am the gate. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.John 14:6; Ephesians 2:18;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
"I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
New Century Version
I am the door, and the person who enters through me will be saved and will be able to come in and go out and find pasture.
Update Bible Version
I am the door; by me if any man enters in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.
Webster's Bible Translation
I am the door: by me if any man shall enter he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
English Standard Version
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
World English Bible
I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I am the door; if any one enter in by me, he shall be safe, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Weymouth's New Testament
I am the Door. If any one enters by me, he will find safety, and will go in and out and find pasture.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y am the dore. If ony man schal entre bi me, he schal be sauyd; and he schal go ynne, and schal go out, and he schal fynde lesewis.
English Revised Version
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.
Berean Standard Bible
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
Amplified Bible
"I am the Door; anyone who enters through Me will be saved [and will live forever], and will go in and out [freely], and find pasture (spiritual security).
American Standard Version
I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.
Bible in Basic English
I am the door: if any man goes in through me he will have salvation, and will go in and go out, and will get food.
Complete Jewish Bible
I am the gate; if someone enters through me, he will be safe and will go in and out and find pasture.
Darby Translation
I am the door: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture.
Etheridge Translation
I am the gate; by me if any man enter, he shall live and shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.
Murdock Translation
I am the door: and if any enter by me, he will live, and will come in and go out, and will find pasture.
King James Version (1611)
I am the doore by me if any man enter in, he shall be saued, and shall goe in and out, and find pasture.
New Living Translation
Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.
New Life Bible
I am the Door. Anyone who goes in through Me will be saved from the punishment of sin. He will go in and out and find food.
New Revised Standard
I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I am that doore: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saued, and shall go in, and go out, and finde pasture.
George Lamsa Translation
I am the door; if any man enter by me, he shall live, and he shall come in and go out and find pasture.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, am the door: through me, if anyone enter, he shall be saved, and shall come in and go out, and, pasture, shall find.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I am the door. By me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved: and he shall go in and go out, and shall find pastures.
Revised Standard Version
I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I am the doore: by me yf any man enter in, he shalbe safe, and shall go in and out, and fynde pasture.
Good News Translation
I am the gate. Those who come in by me will be saved; they will come in and go out and find pasture.
Christian Standard Bible®
I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.
King James Version
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Lexham English Bible
I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and will go out and will find pasture.
Literal Translation
I am the door. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in, and will go out, and will find pasture.
Young's Literal Translation
I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I am the dore. Yf eny man entre in by me, he shalbe saued, and shal go in and out, and fynde pasture,
Mace New Testament (1729)
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved; he shall go in and out, and find pasture.
New English Translation
I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.
New King James Version
I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
Simplified Cowboy Version
I am the gate. Through me, everyone will be saved. I lead to tall grass and clean water.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
Legacy Standard Bible
I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

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 door: John 10:1, John 10:7, John 14:6, Romans 5:1, Romans 5:2, Ephesians 2:18, Hebrews 10:19-22

and shall: Psalms 23:1-6, Psalms 80:1-3, Psalms 95:7, Psalms 100:3, Psalms 100:4, Isaiah 40:11, Isaiah 49:9, Isaiah 49:10, Ezekiel 34:12-16, Zechariah 10:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 26:36 - hanging Exodus 40:28 - General Exodus 40:33 - hanging Leviticus 1:3 - at the Leviticus 17:4 - bringeth Numbers 9:17 - when the cloud Numbers 27:17 - go out 1 Kings 3:7 - to go 1 Kings 6:31 - doors Psalms 23:5 - preparest Ezekiel 34:14 - feed them Ezekiel 41:2 - the door Ezekiel 46:3 - General Hosea 2:15 - for Matthew 7:13 - at John 8:18 - one John 10:2 - he that John 14:4 - and the Acts 9:28 - coming Hebrews 9:8 - the way Hebrews 10:20 - a new Hebrews 13:15 - him Revelation 22:14 - and may

Cross-References

Genesis 6:4
The children of the supernatural beings who had married these women became famous heroes and warriors. They were called Nephilim and lived on the earth at that time and even later.
Genesis 6:11
God knew that everyone was terribly cruel and violent.
Genesis 13:13
where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the Lord .
Genesis 25:27
As Jacob and Esau grew older, Esau liked the outdoors and became a good hunter, while Jacob settled down and became a shepherd.
Genesis 27:30
Right after Isaac had given Jacob his blessing and Jacob had gone, Esau came back from hunting.
2 Chronicles 28:22
Even after all these terrible things happened to Ahaz, he sinned against the Lord even worse than before.
Psalms 52:7
"Just look at them now! Instead of trusting God, they trusted their wealth and their cruelty."
Jeremiah 16:16
But for now, I am sending enemies who will catch you like fish and hunt you down like wild animals in the hills and the caves.
Ezekiel 13:18
Tell them they're doomed! They wear magic charms on their wrists and scarves on their heads, then trick others into believing they can predict the future. They won't get away with telling those lies.
Micah 7:2
No one is loyal to God; no one does right. Everyone is brutal and eager to deceive everyone else.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I am the door,.... Of the sheep, as before, see John 10:7. The Ethiopic version reads, "I am the true door of the sheep"; which is repeated for further confirmation, and for the sake of introducing what follows:

by me if any man enter in; into the sheepfold, the church,

he shall be saved; not that being in a church, and having submitted to ordinances, will save any, but entering into these, at the right door, or through faith in Christ, such will be saved, according to

Mark 16:16; such shall be saved from sin, the dominion of it, the guilt and condemning power of it, and at last from the being of it; and from the law, its curse and condemnation, and from wrath to come, and from every evil, and every enemy; such are, and for ever shall be, in a safe state, being in Christ, and in his hands, out of which none can pluck them:

and shall go in and out; in allusion to the sheep going in and out of the fold: not that those who come in at the right door, shall go out of the church, or from among the saints again; but this phrase rather denotes the exercises of faith in going unto Christ, and acting upon him, and in coming forth in the outward confession of him, and the performance of good works; or in going unto him, and dealing with his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, and coming out of themselves, and all dependence on their own righteousness; or it may regard the conversation of the saints in the church, their attendance on ordinances, their safety there, their free and open communion one with another, and with Christ, in whose name and strength they do all they do, coming in and out at this door:

and find pasture; green and good pasture; pasture for their souls; the words of faith, and good doctrine; the wholesome words of Christ Jesus; the ordinances, the breasts of consolation; yea, Christ himself, whose flesh is meat indeed, and whose blood is drink indeed: the Persic version renders it, "and shall a pastor", or "shepherd"; see Jeremiah 3:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By me - By my instruction and merits.

Shall be saved - See John 5:24.

Shall go in and out ... - This is language applied, commonly to flocks. It meant that he shall be well supplied, and defended, and led “beside the still waters of salvation.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 10:9. I am the door: by me if any man enter, c.] Those who come for salvation to God, through Christ, shall obtain it: he shall be saved-he shall have his sins blotted out, his soul purified, and himself preserved unto eternal life. This the scribes and Pharisees could neither promise nor impart.

Go in and out — This phrase, in the style of the Hebrews, points out all the actions of a man's life, and the liberty he has of acting, or not acting. A good shepherd conducts his flock to the fields where good pasturage is to be found watches over them while there, and brings them back again and secures them in the fold. So he that is taught and called of God feeds the flock of Christ with those truths of his word of grace which nourish them unto eternal life; and God blesses together both the shepherd and the sheep, so that going out and coming in they find pasture: every occurrence is made useful to them; and all things work together for their good.


 
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