John 10:8 BSB — MannaFest

John 10:8

All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

KJV

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

⋯

Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

All that ever came before me - Or, as some translate, all that came instead of me, προ εμου, i.e. all that came as the Christ, or Messiah, such as Theudas, and Judas the Gaulonite, who are mentioned, Act 5:36, Act 5:37; and who were indeed no other than thieves, plundering the country wherever they came; and murderers, not only slaying the simple people who resisted them, but leading the multitudes of their followers to the slaughter.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Our Lord seems in particular to speak of those that had undertaken this office since he began his ministry, are thieves -Stealing temporal profit to themselves, and robbers - Plundering and murdering the sheep.

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.

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πάντες	pantes	All	G3956 →
ὅσοι	hosoi	as many as	G3745 →
ἦλθον	ēlthon	came	G2064 →
πρὸ	pro	before	G4253 →
ἐμοῦ,	emou	Me	G1473 →
κλέπται	kleptai	thieves	G2812 →
εἰσὶν	eisin	are	G1510 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λῃσταί·	lēstai	robbers;	G3027 →
ἀλλ᾽	all᾽	but	G235 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἤκουσαν	ēkousan	did listen	G191 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	to them	G846 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
πρόβατα.	probata	sheep.	G4263 →

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
John 10:27
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
leads to
- 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.
- John 10:14
  I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
- 1 Corinthians 8:3
  But the one who loves God is known by God.
- Revelation 3:20
  Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
- John 10:3–4
  The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
Through
Jeremiah 23:1
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
leads to
- Jeremiah 10:21
  For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
Through
Ezekiel 34:2
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the…
leads to
- Jeremiah 23:1
  “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
Through
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.
leads to
- Matthew 7:15
  Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.