Jn.10:7–9 I am the door. Christ is the only Mediator through whom people must come to God and salvation (14:6). All that … came before me. The context is not history, for Christ affirmed the prophets (5:35, 39, 46), but the parable in which the shepherd comes in the morning, as opposed to thieves and robbers like the Pharisees (v. 1), who sneak in during the night.
10:10 steal … kill … destroy. The false teachers reveal their likeness to the Devil (8:44). have life, and … more abundantly. Christ and His leaders do not exploit the people but serve them for the purpose of their eternal and overflowing happiness in God (4:10, 14).
10:11 good shepherd. A shepherd was an image commonly used of a king, both of God (Ps. 23:1; Ezek. 34:11–16) and of David (Ps. 78:70–72; Ezek. 34:23–24). As God incarnate (1:1, 14) and the Son of David, Christ is the only King of the church. giveth his life. In a stunning exchange the King gave life to His people (v. 10) by dying in their place on the cross. The good shepherd is the Lamb of God (1:29; 13:1; 19:36).
10:12–13 hireling. A hired hand. The minister who is not called by God to this work but who does it only for personal gain will not love the people enough to face false teachers and persecutors (wolf; Matt. 7:15; 10:16; Acts 20:29).
10:14–15 know … and am known. Christ (the good shepherd) shares a close relationship of love with His people, a love that stretches beyond head knowledge to experiential and vital knowledge (v. 27; 17:3). As the Father knoweth me. Christ’s relationship with His people mirrors His relationship with God the Father (17:21–23). lay down my life for the sheep. Christ died for those He knows because the Father gave them to Him in election (v. 29), which is not for every man (v. 26). This is the doctrine of particular and effective redemption (Rom. 8:32, 35; Eph. 5:25; Titus 2:14).
10:16 other sheep. Converts from the Gentile world. hear my voice. Not directly, but through the faithful preaching of Christ’s Word (Eph. 2:17). one fold. Christ will not build two churches, for Jews and Gentiles (Eph. 2:14–15), respectively, but unites saved sinners from all nations into one church ruled by the Word of the one King (one shepherd; Eccl. 12:11; Ezek. 34:23; 37:24).
Joel R. Beeke, Michael P. V. Barrett, and Gerald M. Bilkes, eds., The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014), 1529–1530.
10:10 steal … kill … destroy. The false teachers reveal their likeness to the Devil (8:44). have life, and … more abundantly. Christ and His leaders do not exploit the people but serve them for the purpose of their eternal and overflowing happiness in God (4:10, 14).
10:11 good shepherd. A shepherd was an image commonly used of a king, both of God (Ps. 23:1; Ezek. 34:11–16) and of David (Ps. 78:70–72; Ezek. 34:23–24). As God incarnate (1:1, 14) and the Son of David, Christ is the only King of the church. giveth his life. In a stunning exchange the King gave life to His people (v. 10) by dying in their place on the cross. The good shepherd is the Lamb of God (1:29; 13:1; 19:36).
10:12–13 hireling. A hired hand. The minister who is not called by God to this work but who does it only for personal gain will not love the people enough to face false teachers and persecutors (wolf; Matt. 7:15; 10:16; Acts 20:29).
10:14–15 know … and am known. Christ (the good shepherd) shares a close relationship of love with His people, a love that stretches beyond head knowledge to experiential and vital knowledge (v. 27; 17:3). As the Father knoweth me. Christ’s relationship with His people mirrors His relationship with God the Father (17:21–23). lay down my life for the sheep. Christ died for those He knows because the Father gave them to Him in election (v. 29), which is not for every man (v. 26). This is the doctrine of particular and effective redemption (Rom. 8:32, 35; Eph. 5:25; Titus 2:14).
10:16 other sheep. Converts from the Gentile world. hear my voice. Not directly, but through the faithful preaching of Christ’s Word (Eph. 2:17). one fold. Christ will not build two churches, for Jews and Gentiles (Eph. 2:14–15), respectively, but unites saved sinners from all nations into one church ruled by the Word of the one King (one shepherd; Eccl. 12:11; Ezek. 34:23; 37:24).
Joel R. Beeke, Michael P. V. Barrett, and Gerald M. Bilkes, eds., The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014), 1529–1530.
Jn.10:7–9 I am the door. Christ is the only Mediator through whom people must come to God and salvation (14:6). All that … came before me. The context is not history, for Christ affirmed the prophets (5:35, 39, 46), but the parable in which the shepherd comes in the morning, as opposed to thieves and robbers like the Pharisees (v. 1), who sneak in during the night.
10:10 steal … kill … destroy. The false teachers reveal their likeness to the Devil (8:44). have life, and … more abundantly. Christ and His leaders do not exploit the people but serve them for the purpose of their eternal and overflowing happiness in God (4:10, 14).
10:11 good shepherd. A shepherd was an image commonly used of a king, both of God (Ps. 23:1; Ezek. 34:11–16) and of David (Ps. 78:70–72; Ezek. 34:23–24). As God incarnate (1:1, 14) and the Son of David, Christ is the only King of the church. giveth his life. In a stunning exchange the King gave life to His people (v. 10) by dying in their place on the cross. The good shepherd is the Lamb of God (1:29; 13:1; 19:36).
10:12–13 hireling. A hired hand. The minister who is not called by God to this work but who does it only for personal gain will not love the people enough to face false teachers and persecutors (wolf; Matt. 7:15; 10:16; Acts 20:29).
10:14–15 know … and am known. Christ (the good shepherd) shares a close relationship of love with His people, a love that stretches beyond head knowledge to experiential and vital knowledge (v. 27; 17:3). As the Father knoweth me. Christ’s relationship with His people mirrors His relationship with God the Father (17:21–23). lay down my life for the sheep. Christ died for those He knows because the Father gave them to Him in election (v. 29), which is not for every man (v. 26). This is the doctrine of particular and effective redemption (Rom. 8:32, 35; Eph. 5:25; Titus 2:14).
10:16 other sheep. Converts from the Gentile world. hear my voice. Not directly, but through the faithful preaching of Christ’s Word (Eph. 2:17). one fold. Christ will not build two churches, for Jews and Gentiles (Eph. 2:14–15), respectively, but unites saved sinners from all nations into one church ruled by the Word of the one King (one shepherd; Eccl. 12:11; Ezek. 34:23; 37:24).
Joel R. Beeke, Michael P. V. Barrett, and Gerald M. Bilkes, eds., The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014), 1529–1530.
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