John 10:8
All who came before me are ganavim (thieves) and shodedim (robbers), but the tzon did not listen to them. + 10:8 Jer 23:1,2; Ezek 34:2-3
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 23:1Woe be unto the ro'im that destroy and scatter the tzon of My pasture! saith Hashem.
Ezekiel 34:2Ben Adam, prophesy against the ro'im (shepherds) of Yisroel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith Adonoi Hashem unto the ro'im (shepherds); Oy to the ro'im (shepherds) of Yisroel who are ro'im tending to themselves! Should not the ro'im (shepherds) be ro'im tending to the tzon (flock)?
Zechariah 11:4Thus Hashem Elohai said: Shepherd the tzon haharegah (the flock marked for slaughter);
John 10:1Omein, omein, I say to you, the one not entering through the derech hasha'ar (way of the entrance) into the mikhla haTzon (fold [enclosure] of the sheep) but going up another derech, that one is a ganav and a shoded (robber). + 10:1 Rv 13:4
John 10:27My Tzon hear my voice, and I have da'as of 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 →