[[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[John Overview]] [[John 09]] [[John 11]] # John 10 📖 > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]] [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] [[#🔗 Related Passages]] [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] ## 📜 Scripture Text ### The Good Shepherd and His Sheep **Principle**: [[#Verse 01.]] “I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber!  [[#Verse 02.]] But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.  [[#Verse 03.]] The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. [[#Verse 04.]] After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice.  [[#Verse 05.]] They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.” [[#Verse 06.]] Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant,  [[#Verse 07.]] so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep.  [[#Verse 08.]] All who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them.  [[#Verse 09.]] Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.  [[#Verse 10.]] The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. [[#Verse 11.]] “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep.  [[#Verse 12.]] A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.  [[#Verse 13.]] The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep. [[#Verse 14.]] “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me,  [[#Verse 15.]] just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.  [[#Verse 16.]] I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd. [[#Verse 17.]] “The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again.  [[#Verse 18.]] No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.” [[#Verse 19.]] When he said these things, the people were again divided in their opinions about him.  [[#Verse 20.]] Some said, “He’s demon possessed and out of his mind. Why listen to a man like that?”  [[#Verse 21.]] Others said, “This doesn’t sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” ### Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God **Principle**: [[#Verse 22.]] It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedication.  [[# Verse 23.]] He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade.  [[#Verse 24.]] The people surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” [[#Verse 25.]] Jesus replied, “I have already told you, and you don’t believe me. The proof is the work I do in my Father’s name.  [[#Verse 26.]] But you don’t believe me because you are not my sheep.  [[#Verse 27.]] My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.  [[#Verse 28.]] I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me,  [[#Verse 29.]] for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.  [[#Verse 30.]] The Father and I are one.” [[#Verse 31.]] Once again the people picked up stones to kill him.  [[#Verse 32.]] Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?” [[#Verse 33.]] They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God.” [[#Verse 34.]] Jesus replied, “It is written in your own Scriptures that God said to certain leaders of the people, ‘I say, you are gods!’  [[#Verse 35.]] And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered. So if those people who received God’s message were called ‘gods,’  [[#Verse 36.]] why do you call it blasphemy when I say, ‘I am the Son of God’? After all, the Father set me apart and sent me into the world. [[#Verse 37.]] Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work.  [[#Verse 38.]] But if I do his work, believe in the evidence of the miraculous works I have done, even if you don’t believe me. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.” [[#Verse 39.]] Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them.  [[#Verse 40.]] He went beyond the Jordan River near the place where John was first baptizing and stayed there awhile. [[#Verse 41.]] And many followed him. “John didn’t perform miraculous signs,” they remarked to one another, “but everything he said about this man has come true.”  [[#Verse 42.]] And many who were there believed in Jesus. ## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary== ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ###### Verse 23. ###### Verse 24. ###### Verse 25. ###### Verse 26. ###### Verse 27. ###### Verse 28. ###### Verse 29. ###### Verse 30. ###### Verse 31. ###### Verse 32. ###### Verse 33. ###### Verse 34. ###### Verse 35. ###### Verse 36. ###### Verse 37. ###### Verse 38. ###### Verse 39. ###### Verse 40. ###### Verse 41. ###### Verse 42. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write down things that are not straight from commentary but interesting facts that ground the text in history. %% ## 🧠 Chapter Summary - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) Write a short paragraph (3–5 sentences) summarizing what happens in this chapter. - What is the main event or teaching? - How does this chapter fit the book’s overall story? - What stands out immediately? Anything Apologetic to point out? %% ## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application **Today, I can apply this chapter by:** - ✅ Application 1 - ✅ Application 2 %%Make these very practical: - "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation." - "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular." Think: - What do we learn about God here? - What do we learn about people? - Are there promises, commands, or warnings? %% ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - coming soon. %% PRIVATE NOTES (only I see this) - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of important verse." - 📖 [Verse Reference] – "Quote of another important verse." (You can link to deeper notes if you want later.) %% ## 🔗 Related Passages - 🔗 coming soon. - 🔗 coming soon. %% Examples: - John 1:1 and Genesis 1 - Romans 5 and Genesis 3 %% ## 🙏 Devotional **Reflection** [[John 10- SOAP]] --- ## 📂 Tags