John 10:15-16

10:15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life ¹  for ²  the sheep. 10:16 I have ³  other sheep that do not come from ⁴  this sheepfold. ⁵  I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, ⁶  so that ⁷  there will be one flock and ⁸  one shepherd.

John 10:26-28

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 ⁹  them eternal life, and they will never perish; ¹⁰  no one will snatch ¹¹  them from my hand.

[10:15]  ¹ tn Or “I die willingly.”

[10:15]  ² tn Or “on behalf of” or “for the sake of.”

[10:16]  ³ tn Grk “And I have.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[10:16]  ⁴ tn Or “that do not belong to”; Grk “that are not of.”

[10:16]  ⁵ sn The statement I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold almost certainly refers to Gentiles. Jesus has sheep in the fold who are Jewish; there are other sheep which, while not of the same fold, belong to him also. This recalls the mission of the Son in 3:16-17, which was to save the world – not just the nation of Israel. Such an emphasis would be particularly appropriate to the author if he were writing to a non-Palestinian and primarily non-Jewish audience.

[10:16]  ⁶ tn Grk “they will hear my voice.”

[10:16]  ⁷ tn Grk “voice, and.”

[10:16]  ⁸ tn 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 (omission of a connective), usually somewhat emphatic.

[10:28]  ⁹ tn Grk “And I give.”

[10:28]  ¹⁰ tn Or “will never die” or “will never be lost.”

[10:28]  ¹¹ tn Or “no one will seize.”