31:38 “I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.
10:1 “I tell you the solemn truth, 3 the one who does not enter the sheepfold 4 by the door, 5 but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
1 tn Heb “I will cause them to cease from feeding sheep.”
2 tn Heb “outside.”
3 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
4 sn There was more than one type of sheepfold in use in Palestine in Jesus’ day. The one here seems to be a courtyard in front of a house (the Greek word used for the sheepfold here, αὐλή [aulh] frequently refers to a courtyard), surrounded by a stone wall (often topped with briars for protection).
5 tn Or “entrance.”