John 10:8

all, as many as came before Me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

In Context

7Jesus therefore said again to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I AM the door of the sheep;

9I AM the door, if anyone may come in through Me, he will be saved, and he will come in, and go out, and find pasture.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 23:1“Woe to shepherds destroying, || And scattering the flock of My pasture,” || A declaration of YHWH.

Ezekiel 34:2“Son of man, prophesy concerning shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and you have said to them, Thus said Lord YHWH to the shepherds: Woe [to] the shepherds of Israel, || Who have been feeding themselves! Do the shepherds not feed the flock?

Zechariah 11:4Thus said my God YHWH: “Feed the flock of the slaughter,

John 10:1“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

John 10:27according as I said to you: My 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 →

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