John 10:8
All those who have come, were thieves and robbers: but the flock did not hear them.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
In Context
7And Jesus said to them again: Verily, verily, I say to you, That I am the door of the flock.
Cross References
John 10:1Verily, verily, I say to you, That he who doth not enter by the door into the fold of the flock, but climbeth up in some other place, he is a thief and a robber.
John 10:27My sheep hear my voice: and I know them: and they go after 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 →