John 10:9 BSB — MannaFest

John 10:9

I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.

KJV

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

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Commentary

5 voices

Gregory of Nazianzus

ON THE SON, THEOLOGICAL ORATION 4(30).21 (390)

He is the Way, because he leads us through himself. He is the Door who lets us in, the Shepherd who makes us dwell in green pastures, bringing us up by waters of rest and leading us there. He protects us from wild beasts, converts the erring, brings back what was lost and binds up what was broken. He guards the strong and brings them together into the fold beyond with words of pastoral knowledge.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

By faith in him, as the great Mediator between God and man, we come into covenant and communion with God. There is no entering into God's church but by coming into Christ's church; nor are any looked upon as members of the kingdom of God among men but those that are willing to submit to the grace and government of the Redeemer.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

By me - By my instruction and merits. Shall be saved - See Joh 5:24. Shall go in and out ... - This is language applied, commonly to flocks. It meant that he shall be well supplied, and defended, and led “beside the still waters of salvation.”

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.

Modern Voices1 voice

Derek Prince

1915–2003

The Door and the Shepherd (devotional)

Jesus crucified is the door. Jesus resurrected is the shepherd. But if you want the resurrected Christ as your shepherd, you have to come by the crucified Christ, who is the door. Only those who come by the crucified Christ have the resurrected Christ as their shepherd.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἐγώ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
εἰμι	eimi	am	G1510 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
θύρα·	thura	door;	G2374 →
δι᾽	di᾽	through	G1223 →
ἐμοῦ	emou	Me	G1473 →
ἐάν	ean	if	G1437 →
τις	tis	anyone	G5100 →
εἰσέλθῃ,	eiselthē	shall enter in,	G1525 →
σωθήσεται	sōthēsetai	he will be saved	G4982 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἰσελεύσεται	eiseleusetai	he will go in	G1525 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐξελεύσεται	exeleusetai	will go out	G1831 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
νομὴν	nomēn	pasture	G3542 →
εὑρήσει.	heurēsei	will find.	G2147 →

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 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
leads to
- Ephesians 2:18
  For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 4:12
  Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- John 11:25–26
  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- John 1:4
  In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
- 1 John 5:20
  And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son…
Through
John 10:7
So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
leads to
- John 14:6
  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
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.
Through
Ephesians 2:18
For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
leads to
- Ephesians 3:12
  In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.