John 10:12 BSB — MannaFest

John 10:12

The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth them:

KJV

But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

But he that is a hireling - Or, as my old MS. Bible reads it, the marchaunt, he who makes merchandise of men’s souls; bartering them, and his own too, for filthy lucre. Let not the reader apply this, or any of the preceding censures, to any particular class or order of men: every religious party may have a hireling priest, or minister; and where the provision is the greatest there the danger is most.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

But the hireling - It is not the bare receiving hire, which denominates a man a hireling: (for the labourer is worthy of his hire; Jesus Christ himself being the Judge: yea, and the Lord hath ordained, that they who preach the Gospel, should live of the Gospel:) but the loving hire: the loving the hire more than the work: the working for the sake of the hire.

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
μισθωτὸς	misthōtos	hired servant	G3411 →
καὶ	kai	however	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ὢν	ōn	being	G1510 →
ποιμήν,	poimēn	[the] shepherd,	G4166 →
οὗ	hou	whose	G3739 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἔστιν	estin	are	G1510 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
πρόβατα	probata	sheep	G4263 →
ἴδια,	idia	[his] own,	G2398 →
θεωρεῖ	theōrei	he sees	G2334 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λύκον	lukon	wolf	G3074 →
ἐρχόμενον	erchomenon	coming	G2064 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀφίησιν	aphiēsin	he leaves	G863 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
πρόβατα	probata	sheep	G4263 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
φεύγει,	pheugei	flees —	G5343 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
λύκος	lukos	wolf	G3074 →
ἁρπάζει	harpazei	snatches	G726 →
αὐτὰ	auta	them	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
σκορπίζει.	skorpizei	scatters —.	G4650 →

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
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
leads to
- Luke 10:3
  Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Philippians 2:15
  so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
  Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
- Colossians 4:5
  Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
- Ephesians 5:15–17
  Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
Through
Acts 20:29
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
leads to
- Matthew 7:15
  Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Through
2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 2:17
  For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
- Deuteronomy 32:35
  Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”