John 10:3
To him the porter openeth: and the sheep hear his voice. And he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
2But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
Cross References
Psalms 23:2For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.
Psalms 80:1Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. For the winepresses, etc... Torcularibus. It either signifies a musical instrument, or that this psalm was to be sung at the feast of the tabernacles after the gathering in of the vintage.
Isaiah 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather together the lambs with his arm, and shall take them up in his bosom, and he himself shall carry them that are with young.
Isaiah 49:9That thou mightest say to them that are bound: Come forth: and to them that are in darkness: Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in every plain.
Jeremiah 31:8Behold I will bring them from the north country, and will gather them from the ends of the earth and among them shall be the blind, and the lame, the woman with child, and she that is bringing forth, together, a great company of them returning hither.
Ezekiel 34:11For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and will visit them.
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 →