John 10:1 BSB — MannaFest

John 10:1

“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Verily, verily - See the notes at Joh 3:3. I say unto you - Some have supposed that what follows here was delivered on some other occasion than the one mentioned in the last chapter; but the expression verily, verily, is one which is not used at the commencement of a discourse, and the discourse itself seems to be a continuation of what was said before. The Pharisees professed to be the guides or shepherds of the people.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He enters not by the door, as having no lawful cause of entry, but climbs up some other way, at a window, or some breach in the wall. How industrious are wicked people to do mischief!

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The preface to this discourse is solemn: Verily, verily, I say unto you,--Amen, amen. This vehement asseveration intimates the certainty and weight of what he said; we find amen doubled in the church's praises and prayers, Ps. xli. If we would have our amens accepted in heaven, let Christ's amens be prevailing on earth; his repeated amens.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

The chapter we have now begun is closely connected with the preceding one. The parable before us was spoken with direct reference to the blind teachers of the Jewish Church. The Scribes and Pharisees were the people our Lord had in view, when He described the false shepherd. The very men who had just said "We see," were denounced with holy boldness, as "thieves and robbers." We have, for one thing, in these verses, a vivid picture of a false teacher of religion.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀμὴν	Amēn	Amen	G281 →
ἀμὴν	amēn	Amen	G281 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
ὑμῖν·	humin	to you;	G4771 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
εἰσερχόμενος	eiserchomenos	entering in	G1525 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
θύρας	thuras	door	G2374 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
αὐλὴν	aulēn	fold	G833 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
προβάτων	probatōn	sheep	G4263 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
ἀναβαίνων	anabainōn	climbing up	G305 →
ἀλλαχόθεν,	allachothen	another way,	G237 →
ἐκεῖνος	ekeinos	he	G1565 →
κλέπτης	kleptēs	a thief	G2812 →
ἐστὶν	estin	is	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λῃστής·	lēstēs	a robber;	G3027 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21
  but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
- 2 Peter 2:1
  Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…
- 1 Timothy 4:1
  Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- 2 John 1:7
  For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
- Proverbs 14:15
  The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
Through
Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
leads to
- 1 John 4:1
  Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- Matthew 24:11
  and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
- 2 Peter 2:1–3
  Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on…