John 10:5
But they will not follow a stranger; rather they will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
Cross References
Luke 8:18So be careful how you hear: Because whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
Colossians 2:6So then, keep on walking in the Christ, Jesus the Sovereign, just as you received Him,
2 Timothy 4:3Because the time will come when they will not tolerate the sound doctrine; rather, they will accumulate for themselves a great many teachers who will tickle their ears according to their lusts
1 John 2:19They went out from us but were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us—they left so that they might be exposed, that none of them were of us.
1 John 4:5They are of the world; that is why they speak of the world, and the world listens to 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 →