John 10:8-10

10:8 All who came before me were ¹  thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ²  10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, ³  and find pasture. ⁴  10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill ⁵  and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. ⁶ 

John 10:2

10:2 The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

John 5:20-27

5:20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed. 5:21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, ⁷  so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. ⁸  5:22 Furthermore, the Father does not judge ⁹  anyone, but has assigned ¹⁰  all judgment to the Son, 5:23 so that all people ¹¹  will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

5:24 “I tell you the solemn truth, ¹²  the one who hears ¹³  my message ¹⁴  and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, ¹⁵  but has crossed over from death to life. 5:25 I tell you the solemn truth, ¹⁶  a time ¹⁷  is coming – and is now here – when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 5:26 For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself, 5:27 and he has granted the Son ¹⁸  authority to execute judgment, ¹⁹  because he is the Son of Man.

Psalms 50:16-20

50:16 God says this to the evildoer: ²⁰ 

“How can you declare my commands,

and talk about my covenant? ²¹ 

50:17 For you hate instruction

and reject my words. ²² 

50:18 When you see a thief, you join him; ²³ 

you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives. ²⁴ 

50:19 You do damage with words, ²⁵ 

and use your tongue to deceive. ²⁶ 

50:20 You plot against your brother; ²⁷ 

you slander your own brother. ²⁸ 

Matthew 21:13

21:13 And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ ²⁹  but you are turning it into a den ³⁰  of robbers!” ³¹ 

Matthew 21:1

The Triumphal Entry

21:1 Now ³²  when they approached Jerusalem ³³  and came to Bethphage, ³⁴  at the Mount of Olives, ³⁵  Jesus sent two disciples,

Colossians 1:10

1:10 so that you may live ³⁶  worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects ³⁷  – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

[10:8]  ¹ tn Grk “are” (present tense).

[10:8]  ² tn Or “the sheep did not hear them.”

[10:9]  ³ tn Since the Greek phrase εἰσέρχομαι καὶ ἐξέρχομαι (eisercomai kai exercomai, “come in and go out”) is in some places an idiom for living or conducting oneself in relationship to some community (“to live with, to live among” [cf. Acts 1:21; see also Num 27:17; 2 Chr 1:10]), it may well be that Jesus’ words here look forward to the new covenant community of believers. Another significant NT text is Luke 9:4, where both these verbs occur in the context of the safety and security provided by a given household for the disciples. See also BDAG 294 s.v. εἰσέρχομαι 1.b.β.

[10:9]  ⁴ sn That is, pasture land in contrast to cultivated land.

[10:10]  ⁵ tn That is, “to slaughter” (in reference to animals).

[10:10]  ⁶ tn That is, more than one would normally expect or anticipate.

[5:21]  ⁷ tn Grk “and makes them live.”

[5:21]  ⁸ tn Grk “the Son makes whomever he wants to live.”

[5:22]  ⁹ tn Or “condemn.”

[5:22]  ¹⁰ tn Or “given,” or “handed over.”

[5:23]  ¹¹ tn Grk “all.” The word “people” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for stylistic reasons and for clarity (cf. KJV “all men”).

[5:24]  ¹² tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[5:24]  ¹³ tn Or “obeys.”

[5:24]  ¹⁴ tn Or “word.”

[5:24]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “and does not come into judgment.”

[5:25]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[5:25]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “an hour.”

[5:27]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “him.”

[5:27]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “authority to judge.”

[50:16]  ²⁰ tn Heb “evil [one].” The singular adjective is used here in a representative sense; it refers to those within the larger covenant community who have blatantly violated the Lord’s commandments. In the psalms the “wicked” (רְשָׁעִים, rÿsha’im) are typically proud, practical atheists (Ps 10:2, 4, 11) who hate God’s commands, commit sinful deeds, speak lies and slander, and cheat others (Ps 37:21).

[50:16]  ²¹ tn Heb “What to you to declare my commands and lift up my covenant upon your mouth?” The rhetorical question expresses sarcastic amazement. The Lord is shocked that such evildoers would give lip-service to his covenantal demands, for their lifestyle is completely opposed to his standards (see vv. 18-20).

[50:17]  ²² tn Heb “and throw my words behind you.”

[50:18]  ²³ tn Heb “you run with him.”

[50:18]  ²⁴ tn Heb “and with adulterers [is] your portion.”

[50:19]  ²⁵ tn Heb “your mouth you send with evil.”

[50:19]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and your tongue binds together [i.e., “frames”] deceit.”

[50:20]  ²⁷ tn Heb “you sit, against your brother you speak.” To “sit” and “speak” against someone implies plotting against that person (see Ps 119:23).

[50:20]  ²⁸ tn Heb “against the son of your mother you give a fault.”

[21:13]  ²⁹ sn A quotation from Isa 56:7.

[21:13]  ³⁰ tn Or “a hideout” (see L&N 1.57).

[21:13]  ³¹ sn A quotation from Jer 7:11. The meaning of Jesus’ statement about making the temple courts a den of robbers probably operates here at two levels. Not only were the religious leaders robbing the people financially, but because of this they had also robbed them spiritually by stealing from them the opportunity to come to know God genuinely. It is possible that these merchants had recently been moved to this location for convenience.

[21:1]  ³² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[21:1]  ³³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[21:1]  ³⁴ sn The exact location of the village of Bethphage is not known. Most put it on the southeast side of the Mount of Olives and northwest of Bethany, about 1.5 miles (3 km) east of Jerusalem.

[21:1]  ³⁵ sn “Mountain” in English generally denotes a higher elevation than it often does in reference to places in Palestine. The Mount of Olives is really a ridge running north to south about 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) long, east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley. Its central elevation is about 30 meters (100 ft) higher than Jerusalem. It was named for the large number of olive trees which grew on it.

[1:10]  ³⁶ tn The infinitive περιπατῆσαι (peripathsai, “to walk, to live, to live one’s life”) is best taken as an infinitive of purpose related to “praying” (προσευχόμενοι, proseucomenoi) and “asking” (αἰτούμενοι, aitoumenoi) in v. 9 and is thus translated as “that you may live.”

[1:10]  ³⁷ tn BDAG 129 s.v. ἀρεσκεία states that ἀρεσκείαν (areskeian) refers to a “desire to please εἰς πᾶσαν ἀ. to please (the Lord) in all respects Col 1:10.”