John 10:10 BSB — MannaFest

John 10:10

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

KJV

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

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Commentary

4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy - Those who enter into the priesthood that they may enjoy the revenues of the Church, are the basest and vilest of thieves and murderers. Their ungodly conduct is a snare to the simple, and the occasion of much scandal to the cause of Christ. Their doctrine is deadly; they are not commissioned by Christ, and therefore they cannot profit the people. Their character is well pointed out by the Prophet Ezekiel, Eze 34:2, etc. Wo be to the shepherds of Israel, that do feed themselves!

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He came to give life to particular believers. Life is inclusive of all good, and stands in opposition to the death threatened ( Gen. ii. 17 ); that we might have life, as a criminal has when he is pardoned, as a sick man when he is cured, a dead man when he is raised; that we might be justified, sanctified, and at last glorified.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1150: “Life More Abundant” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1874)

I. The first Truth is that JESUS CHRIST HAS COME THAT MEN MAY HAVE LIFE. I will not dwell upon the thought that even the prolonged natural life of the sinner is due, in a large measure, to the coming of Christ. That barren tree would not stand so long in the garden of life if it were not that the dresser of the vineyard intercedes and cries, "Spare it yet another year, until I dig about it and fertilize it."

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I am come that they might have life, and . . . more abundantly--not merely to preserve but impart LIFE, and communicate it in rich and unfailing exuberance. Yet it is only an echo of all His teaching; and He who uttered these and like words must be either a blasphemer, all worthy of the death He died, or "God with us"--there can be no middle course.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	The	G3588 →
κλέπτης	kleptēs	thief	G2812 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔρχεται	erchetai	comes	G2064 →
εἰ	ei	only	G1487 →
μὴ	mē	except	G3361 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
κλέψῃ	klepsē	he shall steal	G2813 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
θύσῃ	thusē	shall kill	G2380 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀπολέσῃ·	apolesē	shall destroy;	G622 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
ἦλθον	ēlthon	came	G2064 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
ζωὴν	zōēn	life	G2222 →
ἔχωσιν	echōsin	they may have	G2192 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
περισσὸν	perisson	excessive	G4053 →
ἔχωσιν.	echōsin	may have.	G2192 →

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
Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
leads to
- Ezekiel 34:16
  I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
- Matthew 1:21
  She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- 1 Timothy 1:13–16
  I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- Luke 5:31–32
  Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
- Luke 15:4–7
  “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds…
Through
John 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
leads to
- 1 John 4:14
  And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
- Luke 19:10
  For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- John 12:47–48
  As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.