John 10:27

10:27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

John 5:28

5:28 “Do not be amazed at this, because a time ¹  is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

John 10:3

10:3 The doorkeeper ²  opens the door ³  for him, ⁴  and the sheep hear his voice. He ⁵  calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁶ 

John 5:25

5:25 I tell you the solemn truth, ⁷  a time ⁸  is coming – and is now here – when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

John 10:16

10:16 I have ⁹  other sheep that do not come from ¹⁰  this sheepfold. ¹¹  I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, ¹²  so that ¹³  there will be one flock and ¹⁴  one shepherd.

John 18:37

18:37 Then Pilate said, ¹⁵  “So you are a king!” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world – to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to ¹⁶  my voice.”

[5:28]  ¹ tn Grk “an hour.”

[10:3]  ¹ tn Or “porter” (British English).

[10:3]  ² tn The words “the door” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

[10:3]  ³ tn Grk “For this one.”

[10:3]  ⁴ tn Grk “And he.” 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.

[10:3]  ⁵ sn He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. Some interpreters have suggested that there was more than one flock in the fold, and there would be a process of separation where each shepherd called out his own flock. This may also be suggested by the mention of a doorkeeper in v. 3 since only the larger sheepfolds would have such a guard. But the Gospel of John never mentions a distinction among the sheep in this fold; in fact (10:16) there are other sheep which are to be brought in, but they are to be one flock and one shepherd.

[5:25]  ¹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[5:25]  ² tn Grk “an hour.”

[10:16]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Or “that do not belong to”; Grk “that are not of.”

[10:16]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Grk “they will hear my voice.”

[10:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “voice, and.”

[10:16]  ⁶ 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.

[18:37]  ¹ tn Grk “said to him.”

[18:37]  ² tn Or “obeys”; Grk “hears.”