John 10:4 BSB — MannaFest

John 10:4

When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

BSB

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ASV

When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

KJV

And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

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Commentary

4 voices

Glossa Ordinaria

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1274)

And when He putteth forth His own sheep, He goeth before them, He leadeth them out from the darkness of ignorance into light, while He goeth before in the pillar of cloud, and fire.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

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 Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He goeth before them - A sixth mark of a true pastor is, he gives them a good example: he not only preaches, but he lives, the truth of the Gospel; he enters into the depths of the salvation of God; and, having thus explored the path, he knows how to lead those who are entrusted to his care into the fullness of the blessings of the Gospel of peace.

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

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὅταν	hotan	When	G3752 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
ἴδια	idia	[his] own	G2398 →
πάντα	panta	all	G3956 →
ἐκβάλῃ,	ekbalē	he may bring out,	G1544 →
ἔμπροσθεν	emprosthen	before	G1715 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	them	G846 →
πορεύεται,	poreuetai	he goes,	G4198 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
πρόβατα	probata	sheep	G4263 →
αὐτῷ	autō	after him	G846 →
ἀκολουθεῖ,	akolouthei	follow,	G190 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
οἴδασιν	oidasin	they know
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
φωνὴν	phōnēn	voice	G5456 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of him.	G846 →

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 Peter 2:21
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
leads to
- 1 John 2:6
  Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
- Matthew 16:24
  Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- John 13:15
  I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
Through
John 10:16
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
leads to
- Isaiah 56:8
  Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
- John 11:52
  and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
- 1 Peter 2:25
  For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Through
John 12:26
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
leads to
- Colossians 3:24
  because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
- 1 Samuel 2:30
  Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it…