Scofield Reference Bible Notes
John 10

Jhn 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

a thief and a robber

Jhn 10:8.

Jhn 10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

the porter openeth

Isa 42:1-4; Mat 3:13-17.

hear his voice

Jhn 10:27; Jhn 6:44.

calleth…by name

Exo 28:9-10, 21; Isa 43:1; Jhn 20:16.

leadeth them

Jhn 9:34-38; Heb 13:13.

Jhn 10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

he goeth before them

Jhn 17:19; Col 2:11-15.

Jhn 10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

a stranger will they not follow

Jhn 10:12-13; Gal 1:8; 2Co 11:13-15.

Jhn 10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

they understood not

Jhn 8:43.

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

I am the door of the sheep

The shepherd work of our Lord has three aspects:

1. As the "Good" Shepherd He gives His life for the sheep (Jhn 10:11), and is, therefore, "the door" by which "if any man enter in he shall be saved" (Jhn 10:9). This answers to Psa 22.
2. He is the "Great" Shepherd, "brought again from the dead" (Heb 13:20), to care for and make perfect the sheep. This answers to Psa 23.
3. He is the "Chief" Shepherd, who is coming in glory to give crowns of reward to the faithful shepherds (1Pe 5:4). This answers to Psa 24.

Jhn 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

saved

Scofield Romans 1:16, note.

Jhn 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

life [See also Jhn 10:28.]

Life (eternal). Jhn 10:10, 28; Jhn 11:25. (Mat 7:14; Rev 22:19.)

more abundantly

Jhn 6:33; 7:37-39.

Jhn 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

good shepherd

Isa 40:11; Eze 34:11-13, 22-25; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 2:25; 5:4.

Jhn 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

know my sheep

Jhn 10:27; Nah 1:7; Jhn 6:64; 2Ti 2:19.

known of mine

Jhn 10:4; 2Ti 1:12.

Jhn 10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

I lay down my life

Jhn 10:17-18; 15:13; 1Jo 3:16.

Jhn 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

other sheep I have, which are not of this fold

i.e. not of the Jewish fold, but Gentiles. See Jhn 10:4 refs. [above]; Isa 56:8; Jhn 17:20; Act 15:7-9.

fold

flock. Jhn 11:52; Eph 2:13-16; 3:1-6; Col 3:10-11.

one shepherd

Gen 49:24; Isa 40:11; Eze 34:23.

Jhn 10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

my Father love me

Jhn 5:20; Eph 5:2; Phl 2:9.

Jhn 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

I lay it down of myself.

Mat 26:53; Jhn 18:6.

to lay it down…to take it again

Jhn 2:19; Heb 10:5-9.

This commandment

Jhn 14:31; 17:4.

Jhn 10:19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

There was a division

Jhn 9:16.

Jhn 10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

devil [See also Jhn 10:21.]

demon. See Scofield Matthew 7:22, note.

Jhn 10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

hath a devil

is demonized.

Jhn 10:24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

tell us plainly

Mat 21:23-27.

Jhn 10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

believe not

Faith. Jhn 11:25-26. (Gen 3:20; Heb 11:39.)

ye are not of my sheep

Jhn 6:44; 8:47; 1Jo 4:6.

Jhn 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

I know them

Jhn 10:14-15.

they follow me

Jhn 8:12.

Jhn 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

I give unto them eternal life

Jhn 3:16; 17:3; Rom 6:23.

never perish

Or, in no wise ever perish. Cf. Jhn 6:37.

neither…pluck them out of my hand

Jhn 6:39; Rom 8:35-39; 1Pe 1:5.

Jhn 10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand

Assurance. Jhn 10:10, 14, 28-29; Jhn 11:26. (Isa 32:17; Jde 1:1.)

Jhn 10:30 I and my Father are one.

are one

Jhn 15:19; 17:21-24.

Jhn 10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

stone him

Jhn 10:31, 39; Psa 2:2; Jhn 8:59.

Jhn 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

blasphemy

Mat 9:3; Jhn 19:7.

Jhn 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

Ye are gods

Psa 82:6.

Jhn 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

the scripture cannot be broken

Mat 5:17-19; Act 13:29.

Jhn 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

sanctified

Sanctify, holy (persons) (N.T.). Jhn 17:11, 17, 19. (Mat 4:5; Rev 22:11.)

world

kosmos (Mat 4:8) = mankind.

Jhn 10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

the Father is in me

Jhn 14:10; 17:22-23.

Jhn 10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

escaped out of their hand

Or, went forth out of their hand. Luk 4:30; Jhn 8:59.