John 10:8
All that came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
In Context
7Therefore Jesus spoke again to them: Verily, verily I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
Cross References
John 10:1Verily, verily I say to you, he that goes not through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief, and a robber.
John 10:27my sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Matthew Henry on John 10:2-19
The Good Shepherd. 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but… Read the whole commentary →