Chapter 10: (Introduction to the Gospels, Coding Reference)
1Truly, truly, I say to you, the one, not entering through the entry into the roofless enclosurea of sheepb but ascending from another place, that one is a thiefc and a plundererc. 2Moreover the one, entering through the entry is a shepherd of the sheep. 3The doorkeeper opens to this one, and the sheep hear the voice of him; and he ╓calls╖ ┌summons┐ the sheep, his own, byd name, and he leads them forth. 4╓And whenever the sheep╖ ┌Whenever the ones all┐, his own, might cast forth, he proceeds in front of them, and they follow him because they know the voice of him. 5Moreover by no means ╓might╖ ┌will┐ they follow {the one} belonging to another but they will flee from him because they do not know the voice of the ones belonging to another.
6The Jesus said this, the allegory, to them; moreover those did not know experientially what it was which he was speaking to them. 7Then again the Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you that I am the entry of the sheep. 8{The ones} all as many as came ╒before me╕, are thieves and plunderers; but the sheep did not hear them. 9I am the entry; if anyone would enter through me, he will be rescued; not only will he enter but also he will go forth, and he will find pasturage. 10The thief does not come except so that he might steal, and he might slaughtere, and he might utterly destroy; I came so that they may have a real and genuine life, and they may have {it} extravagantly. 11I am the shepherd, the one excellent; the shepherd, the one excellent, placesf the physical life of him on behalf of the sheep.
12╓Moreover the╖ ┌The┐ wage earner, being also not a shepherd, whose the sheep are not his own; he ascertains the wolf coming, and he dismisses the sheep, and he flees; and the wolf snatches them, and he scatters ╓the sheep╖. 13╓Moreover the wage earner flees because╖ ┌Because┐ he is a wage earner; to him he cares for not also concerning the sheep.
14I am the shepherd, the one excellent; and I know experientially the ones possessed by me, and they, ╓from under the ones possessed by me╖ ┌the ones possessed by me┐ experientially know ╓{me}╖ ┌me┐. 15According as the father knows me experientially, and I experientially know the father; and I placef the physical life of me on behalf of the sheep.
16And I have other sheep which is not out of this, the roofless enclosureg; and it is needful for me to lead those; and they will hear the voice of me, and ╓one flock, one shepherd will become╖ ┌one flock, one shepherd will become┐.
17For this reason the father loves me affectionately me because I placef the physical life of me so that I take it again. 18No one lifts it up from me, but I placef it myself; I have the prerogativeh to have placedf it, and I have the prerogativeh to have taken it again. I received this, the injunction, from the father of me.
19Then again a cleft became within the ones Israelites because of these, the words. 20Moreover {the ones} many out of them were saying, He has an inferior divine being, and he rages, why are you hearing him?
21{The ones} other were saying, These, the speeches is not of {the one} being maniacal; an inferior divine being is not being able to open the eyes of {the one} blind.
22╓Moreover╖ ┌At that time┐, the Feast of the Dedication [modern Chanukah or Hanukkah] became within the Jerusalem, and it was winteri. 23And Jesus was walking within the temple within the roofed colonnade of a Solomon.
24Then the ones Israelite surrounded him, and they were saying to him, How long are you lifting up the heartj of us? If you are the one anointed, say you to us plainly.
25The Jesus replied to them, I said to you, and you are not having complete confidence and totally entrusting. The works which I do in the name of the father of me, these are bearing witness concerning me. 26But you do not having complete confidence and totally entrusting ╓for╖ ┌because┐ you are not out of the sheep, the ones possessed by me╓, according as I said to you╖. 27The sheep, the ones possessed by me, ╓hear╖ ┌hear┐ the voice of me, and I know them experientially, and they are following me. 28And I am freely giving to them a real and genuine life lasting for an eon, and by no means might they be utterly destroyed into the eon, and anyone will not snatch them from the hand of me. 29The father of me, who has freely given to me, is greater than {the ones} all; and no one is being able to snatch out of the hand of the father ╓of me╖. 30I and the father, we are one.
31╓Then the╖ ┌The┐ Israelites bore stones so that they might stone him. 32The Jesus replied to them, Many excellent works displayed to you out of the father ╓of me╖ because of which work of them, are you flinging stones at me?
33The one Israelites replied to him ╓saying╖, Concerning an excellent work not are we flinging stones at you, but concerning defamation, and because you, a humanity being, are making yourself a god.
34The Jesus replied to them, Is it, having had been written, not in ┬a┬ ╔the╗ law of you; ┌that┐ I said, You are gods.? 35If it said those, gods, towards whom the word of the god became, and the writing [law] is not able to have been loosed, 36which the father consecrated, and he authoritatively sent into the world-order, you are saying that you slander because I said, I am the son of the god. 37If I am not doing the works of the father of me, have you not complete confidence and be totally entrusting me. 38Moreover if I am doing {the works of my father}, also if you may not have complete confidence and be totally entrusting me, ╓have you complete confidence and be totally entrusting╖ ┌have you complete confidence and be totally entrusting┐ the works so that you might know experientially and you ╓might have complete confidence and be totally entrusting╖ ┌may know experientially┐ that the father {is} within me and I {am} within ╓him╖ ┌the father┐.
39Then they were again seeking to have detained him, and he went forth out of the hand of them. 40And again he went forth across the Jordan River into the place where a John, purifying, was the one first, and he stayed there. 41And {the ones} many came towards him, and they were saying that indeed a John did not one sign, moreover all as much as a John said concerning this one, it was truthful. 42And {the ones} many there had complete confidence and were totally entrusting into him.
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aThe Greek is αὐλή, aulē meaning open court, courtyard, steading or a roofless enclosure or animals; other usages the meaning is courtyard as associated with a building for humans, but here the context is for animals so roofless enclosure.
bThe Greek is πρόβατον, probatov meaning properly any small four-footed, tame animal accustomed to graze, most commonly a sheep or goat. The nature of sheep is to be more docile and thus more easily led than goats or other small domesticated animals, thus many Christian Scripture theologians use sheep for followers of Christ. However this has the implication that these followers dont or are not to think for themselves but to do whatever a leader says. Paul credits the Bereans Acts 17:10-12 to be thinkers and studiers of the Hebrew writings and not just doers of what he said.
cThe Greek is κλέπτής, kleptēs meaning one who takes by stealth, thus a thief,; and the Greek λῃστής, lēistēs meaning one who takes by plunder thus a plunderer. These have very distinct meanings in Greek culture; however the latter has been also translated a robber and thus the distinction is lost between the two words in English as robber is used for both terms.
dThe Greek is κατά, kata signifying direction downward which in this context in English the usage is by.
eThe Greek is θύω, thyō meaning to kill for sacrifices, immolate thus slaughter;
fThe Greek is τίθημι, tithēmi meaning put, place; set up; assign; establish; dispose; thus in this context of verses 11 and 15, Jesus is saying I place my life between the wolf and the sheep to fight the wolf and if necessary give my life for the sake of the sheep, not as the wage earner who flees verses12-13. In verses17-18 the contextual nuance changes in the Greek to I have the option by my choice to place aside or as more commonly translated lay aside.
gThe Greek is αὐλή, aulē meaning meaning open court, courtyard, steading or a roofless enclosure or animals; the context since sheep is mentioned roofless enclosure but this is metaphorical as the context is others not being Israelite or not this specifc Israelite group in Jerusalem which are to be part of the larger grouping.
hThe Greek is ἐξουσία, exousia for which there is no one good meaning here for the context is Jesus has all of at least these simultaneously: freedom, liberty, option, power, right, authority, choice and prerogative. The choice of prerogative tends to embody all of the rest.
iThe Greek is χειμών, cheimōn meaning stormy weather or winter which is a stormy season in the Middle East; also the Feast of Dedication occurs in the Northern Hemisphere during December, a winter month so winter is a better choice of words.
jThe Greek is ψυχή, psychē meaning soul is used here as the seat of human emotions, which in the case we use heart implying expectation.
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updated: June 2009
original: August 2007
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