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Text -- John 10:14-42 (NET)
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10:14 “I am the good shepherd . I know my own and my own know me –
10:15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life for the sheep .
10:16 I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold . I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice , so that there will be one flock and one shepherd .
10:17 This is why the Father loves me – because I lay down my life , so that I may take it back again .
10:18 No one takes it away from me , but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down , and I have the authority to take it back again . This commandment I received from my Father .”
10:19 Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words .
10:20 Many of them were saying , “He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind ! Why do you listen to him ?”
10:21 Others said , “These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon . A demon cannot cause the blind to see , can it?”
Jesus at the Feast of Dedication
10:22 Then came the feast of the Dedication in Jerusalem .
10:23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area in Solomon’s Portico .
10:24 The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked , “How long will you keep us in suspense ? If you are the Christ , tell us plainly .”
10:25 Jesus replied , “I told you and you do not believe . The deeds I do in my Father’s name testify about me .
10:26 But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep .
10:27 My sheep listen to my voice , and I know them , and they follow me .
10:28 I give them eternal life , and they will never perish ; no one will snatch them from my hand .
10:29 My Father , who has given them to me , is greater than all , and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand .
10:30 The Father and I are one .”
10:31 The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death.
10:32 Jesus said to them , “I have shown you many good deeds from the Father . For which one of them are you going to stone me ?”
10:33 The Jewish leaders replied , “We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy , because you , a man , are claiming to be God .”
10:34 Jesus answered , “Is it not written in your law , ‘I said , you are gods ’?
10:35 If those people to whom the word of God came were called ‘gods ’ (and the scripture cannot be broken ),
10:36 do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world , ‘You are blaspheming ,’ because I said , ‘I am the Son of God ’?
10:37 If I do not perform the deeds of my Father , do not believe me .
10:38 But if I do them, even if you do not believe me , believe the deeds , so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me .”
10:39 Then they attempted again to seize him , but he escaped their clutches .
10:40 Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time , and he stayed there .
10:41 Many came to him and began to say , “John performed no miraculous sign , but everything John said about this man was true !”
10:42 And many believed in Jesus there .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jesus, The Christ |
SHEEP TENDING |
GOD, 3 |
Righteous |
TEACH; TEACHER; TEACHING |
JOHN, GOSPEL OF |
JESUS CHRIST, 4D |
Temple |
Sheep |
Son of God |
God |
Shepherd |
Life |
Lies and Deceits |
Bethabara |
Faith |
Unbelief |
GODS |
JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 1 |
Power |
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NET Notes -> Joh 10:14; Joh 10:14; Joh 10:15; Joh 10:15; Joh 10:16; Joh 10:16; Joh 10:16; Joh 10:16; Joh 10:16; Joh 10:16; Joh 10:17; Joh 10:17; Joh 10:18; Joh 10:18; Joh 10:18; Joh 10:18; Joh 10:18; Joh 10:19; Joh 10:20; Joh 10:21; Joh 10:21; Joh 10:21; Joh 10:22; Joh 10:22; Joh 10:22; Joh 10:23; Joh 10:23; Joh 10:23; Joh 10:23; Joh 10:24; Joh 10:24; Joh 10:24; Joh 10:24; Joh 10:24; Joh 10:24; Joh 10:25; Joh 10:25; Joh 10:28; Joh 10:28; Joh 10:28; Joh 10:29; Joh 10:29; Joh 10:30; Joh 10:30; Joh 10:31; Joh 10:32; Joh 10:32; Joh 10:33; Joh 10:33; Joh 10:33; Joh 10:33; Joh 10:33; Joh 10:33; Joh 10:34; Joh 10:34; Joh 10:35; Joh 10:36; Joh 10:37; Joh 10:37; Joh 10:38; Joh 10:38; Joh 10:38; Joh 10:39; Joh 10:39; Joh 10:39; Joh 10:39; Joh 10:40; Joh 10:40; Joh 10:40; Joh 10:40; Joh 10:40; Joh 10:41; Joh 10:41; Joh 10:41; Joh 10:41; Joh 10:42
NET Notes: Joh 10:14 The direct object is frequently omitted in Greek and must be supplied from the context. Here it could be “sheep,” but Jesus was ultimately...
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NET Notes: Joh 10:16 The word “and” is not in the Greek text, but must be supplied to conform to English style. In Greek it is an instance of asyndeton (omissi...
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NET Notes: Joh 10:19 Or perhaps “the Jewish religious leaders”; Grk “the Jews.” In NT usage the term ᾿Ιουδαῖ...
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NET Notes: Joh 10:20 Or “is insane.” To translate simply “he is mad” (so KJV, ASV, RSV; “raving mad” NIV) could give the impression tha...
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NET Notes: Joh 10:21 Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the ...
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NET Notes: Joh 10:22 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: Joh 10:23 Solomon’s Portico was a covered walkway formed by rows of columns supporting a roof and open on the inner side facing the center of the temple c...
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NET Notes: Joh 10:30 The phrase ἕν ἐσμεν ({en esmen) is a significant assertion with trinitarian implications. ἕν is neuter...
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NET Notes: Joh 10:31 Or “the Jewish authorities”; Grk “the Jews.” Here the phrase refers to the Jewish leaders. See the notes on the phrases “...
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NET Notes: Joh 10:34 A quotation from Ps 82:6. Technically the Psalms are not part of the OT “law” (which usually referred to the five books of Moses), but occ...
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NET Notes: Joh 10:35 The parenthetical note And the scripture cannot be broken belongs to Jesus’ words rather than the author’s. Not only does Jesus appeal to ...
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NET Notes: Joh 10:39 It is not clear whether the authorities simply sought to “arrest” him, or were renewing their attempt to stone him (cf. John 10:31) by sei...
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