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John 10:11

NETBible	“I am the good¹ shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life² for the sheep.
NIV © biblegateway Joh 10:11	"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
NASB © biblegateway Joh 10:11	"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
NLT © biblegateway Joh 10:11	"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
MSG © biblegateway Joh 10:11	"I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd puts the sheep before himself, sacrifices himself if necessary.
BBE © SABDAweb Joh 10:11	I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.
NRSV © bibleoremus Joh 10:11	"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
NKJV © biblegateway Joh 10:11	"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
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KJV	I <1473> am <1510> (5748) the good <2570> shepherd <4166>_: the good <2570> shepherd <4166> giveth <5087> (5719) his <846> life <5590> for <5228> the sheep <4263>_.
NASB © biblegateway Joh 10:11	"I am <1510> the good <2570> shepherd <4166> ; the good <2570> shepherd <4166> lays <5087> down <5087> His life <5590> for the sheep <4263> .
NET [draft] ITL	“I <1473> am <1510> the good <2570> shepherd <4166> . The good <2570> shepherd <4166> lays down <5087> his <846> life <5590> for <5228> the sheep <4263> .
GREEK	egw <1473> P-1NS eimi <1510> (5748) V-PXI-1S o <3588> T-NSM poimhn <4166> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM kalov <2570> A-NSM o <3588> T-NSM poimhn <4166> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM kalov <2570> A-NSM thn <3588> T-ASF quchn <5590> N-ASF autou <846> P-GSM tiyhsin <5087> (5719) V-PAI-3S uper <5228> PREP twn <3588> T-GPN probatwn <4263> N-GPN

NETBible

“I am the good¹ shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life² for the sheep.

NET Notes

¹tn Or “model” (see R. E. Brown, John [AB], 1:386, who argues that “model” is a more exact translation of καλός [kalos] here).

²tn Or “The good shepherd dies willingly.”

²sn Jesus speaks openly of his vicarious death twice in this section (John 10:11, 15). Note the contrast: The thief takes the life of the sheep (10:10), the good shepherd lays down his own life for the sheep. Jesus is not speaking generally here, but specifically: He has his own substitutionary death on the cross in view. For a literal shepherd with a literal flock, the shepherd’s death would have spelled disaster for the sheep; in this instance it spells life for them (Compare the worthless shepherd of Zech 11:17, by contrast).