John 10:9

I am the derech hasha'ar. Through me, if anyone enters, he will come to yeshu'at Eloheinu and will go in and will go out and will find mir'eh (pasture). + 10:9 Num 27:17; Ps 118:20; 23:2

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

In Context

8All 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

10The ganav does not come except in order that he may steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have Chayyim (Life) and that they may have it more abundantly. + 10:10 Ps 65:11

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Cross References

Psalms 23:1(Mizmor of Dovid) 1 I shall not lack. 1

Psalms 95:7For He is Eloheinu; 1 and we are the people of His pasture, 1 and the tzon of His yad. 1 Today if ye will hear His voice, 1

Isaiah 40:11He shall feed His Eder like a Ro'eh; 1 He shall gather the tela'im (lambs) with His zero'a, 1 and carry them in His kheyk, 1 and shall gently lead those that are with young. 1

Ezekiel 34:12As a ro'eh seeketh after his tzon in the day that he is among his tzon that are scattered; so will I seek after My tzon, and will save them out of kol hamekomot (all the places) where they have been scattered there in the yom anan va'arafel (day of clouds and thick darkness).

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 14:6Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to him, I am HaDerech, HaEmes, and HaChayyim. No one comes to HaAv except through me. + 14:6 1Sm 3:7

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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