John 10:3

The man who watches the gate at night opens the gate for him. The sheep recognize the shepherd’s voice. He summons his own sheep by calling out the names he has given them. Then he leads them outside the pen.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

In Context

2The man who enters the pen through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

4After he has brought out all his own sheep, he goes in front of them. His sheep follow him because they recognize and pay attention to his voice.

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Cross References

Psalms 23:2You encourage me and give me peace; you are like a shepherd who leads his sheep to places where there is plenty of green grass for them to eat, and lets them rest beside streams where the water is flowing slowly.

Psalms 80:1Yahweh, you who lead us like a shepherd leads his flock of sheep, listen to us Israeli people. You sit on your throne in the Very Holy Place in the temple, above the carvings of winged creatures.

Isaiah 40:11He will take care of his people like [SIM] a shepherd takes care of his sheep, and carries the young lambs in his arms. He carries them close to his chest and he gently leads the female sheep that are nursing their young lambs.

Isaiah 49:9I will say to those who were captured and ◄exiled/taken to Babylonia►, ‘Leave Babylonia and return to your own country!’ And I will say to those who are in dark prisons, ‘Come out into the light!’ When that happens, they will again be like [MET] sheep that eat grass in green pastures, on hills where previously there was no grass.

Jeremiah 31:8Do that because I will bring them back from the northeast, from the most distant places on the earth. Among them will be blind people and lame people, women who are pregnant and women who are ◄having labor pains/about to give birth to babies►. They will be a huge group of people!

Ezekiel 34:11This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you leaders: I myself will search for my sheep and take care of 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 →

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