John 10:8
As many as have come, were night thieves and day thieves, but the sheep heard not them (or but the sheep did not listen to them).
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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 to the shepherds, that scatter and draw the flock of my pasture, saith the Lord. (Woe to the shepherds of the people, who scatter and draw away the flock of my pasture, saith the Lord.)
Ezekiel 34:2Son of man, prophesy thou of the shepherds of Israel, prophesy thou; and thou shalt say to the shepherds, The Lord God saith these things, Woe to the shepherds of Israel, that fed himself [or that fed themselves]; whether flocks be not fed of shepherds? (Son of man, prophesy thou against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy thou; and thou shalt say to the shepherds, The Lord God saith these things, Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves; should not the shepherds feed the flock?)
Zechariah 11:4My Lord God saith these things, Feed thou beasts of slaughter, (The Lord my God saith these things, Feed thou the beasts for slaughter,)
John 10:1Truly, truly, I say to you, (or Truly, I tell you the truth), he that cometh not in by the door into the fold of [the] sheep, but ascendeth [up] by another way, is a night thief and a day thief.
John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they (pur)sue me (or 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 →