John 10:2
New International Version
The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

New Living Translation
But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

English Standard Version
But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

Berean Standard Bible
But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

Berean Literal Bible
But the one entering in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

King James Bible
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

New King James Version
But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

New American Standard Bible
But the one who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.

NASB 1995
“But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.

NASB 1977
“But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.

Legacy Standard Bible
But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.

Amplified Bible
But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep [the protector and provider].

Christian Standard Bible
The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

American Standard Version
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“He who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the flock;”

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

English Revised Version
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd.

Good News Translation
The man who goes in through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

International Standard Version
The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

Literal Standard Version
and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

Majority Standard Bible
But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

New American Bible
But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

NET Bible
The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

New Revised Standard Version
The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

New Heart English Bible
But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

Webster's Bible Translation
But he that entereth by the door, is the shepherd of the sheep.

Weymouth New Testament
But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

World English Bible
But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

Young's Literal Translation
and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

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Context
Jesus the Good Shepherd
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. 2But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.…

Cross References
Matthew 15:11
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it."

John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

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.


Treasury of Scripture

But he that enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

he that.

John 10:7,9
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep…

Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

1 Timothy 3:2-7
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; …

the shepherd.

John 10:11,12,14
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep…

Psalm 23:1
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalm 80:1
To the chief Musician upon ShoshannimEduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

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John 10
1. Jesus is the door, and the good shepherd.
19. Diverse opinions of him.
23. He proves by his works that he is Jesus the Son of God;
31. escapes the Jews;
39. and goes again beyond Jordan, where many believe on him.














(2) But he that entereth in by the door.--See Notes on John 10:7-9.

Is the shepherd of the sheep.--Better, is a shepherd of the sheep. The word here (comp. John 10:12) simply characterises him that entereth by the door as a shepherd, in opposition to the robber who climbeth over the fence.

-2John 10:16 of this chapter finds the commencement of its fulfilment in this mission. The appointment of a new body of disciples, whose very number is symbolical of a wider work, was the first step in the bringing in of the "other sheep." The Twelve answered to the number of the tribes of Israel; but the Seventy represent the nations of the world. The directions for this work to each body are nearly identical, but the restrictions laid upon the Twelve are not laid upon the Seventy.

Verse 2. - But he that enters in by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. Let him be who he may, Pharisee or priest, prophet or king, pastor or evangelist, unless he approach the sheep by the right "way" he demeans and condemns himself. If he come by the door into the fold, he may be so far presumably a shepherd. One fold might contain several flocks, and a shepherd might lead these flocks into different enclosures according to his wisdom and care for his sheep. Neander, Godet, and Watkins think it possible that the whole imagery may have been borrowed from the eye. The shepherds towards evening were probably gathering their scattered flocks, according to Oriental custom, into their well-known enclosures, and Jesus with his audience might have seen them doing it if they gazed out from the courts of the temple over the neighboring hills (see also Thomson, 'The Land and the Book,' 1:301, a passage which provides an admirable commentary on this parable). There is no absolute need that the customary and well-known habit of the country-side should have been visible at the moment. The abundantly attested practice furnished to his hearers all needful corroboration. The deeper significance of the passage lies in the prophetic symbolism of Jeremiah 23:1-4; Isaiah 40:11; Psalm 23:1-3; Psalm 78:52; Numbers 27:17; Ezekiel 34:23, 31; Ezekiel 37:24. Jehovah was the Shepherd of Israel (Psalm 80:1), and he would appoint once more in their Messiah-King a David, who should be his gracious Representative and Agent. All these representations were gathered up in Christ's wonderful parable of the lost sheep (Luke 15:3-7). Thoma endeavors to credit the author of the Gospel with this ideal picture of the contrast between the true and false shepherd.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
But
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

the [one who]
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

enters
εἰσερχόμενος (eiserchomenos)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.

by
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

gate
θύρας (thyras)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 2374: (a) a door, (b) met: an opportunity. Apparently a primary word; a portal or entrance.

is
ἐστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

[the] shepherd
ποιμήν (poimēn)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4166: A shepherd; hence met: of the feeder, protector, and ruler of a flock of men. Of uncertain affinity; a shepherd.

of the
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sheep.
προβάτων (probatōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's 4263: A sheep. Probably neuter of a presumed derivative of probaino; something that walks forward, i.e., a sheep.


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