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.”
3 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.
4 tn Grk “leaves.”
5 tn Or “flees.”
6 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.
7 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
8 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).
9 tn Or “entrance.”
10 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).
11 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.
12 tn See previous note on “man” in this verse.