44:33 “So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
10:11 “I am the good 1 shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life 2 for the sheep. 10:12 The hired hand, 3 who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons 4 the sheep and runs away. 5 So the wolf attacks 6 the sheep and scatters them.
10:1 “I tell you the solemn truth, 7 the one who does not enter the sheepfold 8 by the door, 9 but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
1 tn Or “model” (see R. E. Brown, John [AB], 1:386, who argues that “model” is a more exact translation of καλός [kalos] here).
2 tn Or “The good shepherd dies willingly.”
1 sn Jesus contrasts the behavior of the shepherd with that of the hired hand. This is a worker who is simply paid to do a job; he has no other interest in the sheep and is certainly not about to risk his life for them. When they are threatened, he simply runs away.
2 tn Grk “leaves.”
3 tn Or “flees.”
4 tn Or “seizes.” The more traditional rendering, “snatches,” has the idea of seizing something by force and carrying it off, which is certainly possible here. However, in the sequence in John 10:12, this action precedes the scattering of the flock of sheep, so “attacks” is preferable.
1 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
2 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).
3 tn Or “entrance.”
1 tn Grk “all.” The word “people” has been supplied for clarity, since the Greek word πάντας (pantas) is masculine plural (thus indicating people rather than things).
1 tn The masculine form has been retained here in the translation to maintain the connection with “a man of the Pharisees” in 3:1, with the understanding that the reference is to people of both genders.
2 tn See previous note on “man” in this verse.