João 10

João 10

Pink - Character is revealed by our conduct in the crises of life. When is it that the hireling fleeth? It is when he seeth "the wolf coming." Ah! it is the wolf that discovers the hireling! You might never have known what he was had not the wolf come. Very suggestive is this figure. It has passed into our common speech, as when poverty and starvation is represented by "the wolf is at the door." It suggests a crisis of trial or fierce testing. St. Paul made use of this simile when addressing the Ephesian elders: "For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock" (Acts 20:29). This is all very searching. How do you act when you see "the wolf’ coming! Are you terror stricken? Or, does approaching danger, temptation, or trial, cast you back the more upon the Lord? Concerned (care, worry)(3199) melo means to concern oneself, to be of interest to. To care for, take an interest in. It is a care or concern to someone, i.e. someone cares. To be an object of care. In all but two of these passages (1 Corinthians 9:9; 1 Peter 5:7), melō is used with a negative particle (e.g., Mt 22:16). In classical Greek literature it is used either (1) in the middle voice, with the meaning “to be an object of care” or “to be an object of thought,” or (2) in the active voice, with the meaning “to care for” or “to take an interest in." Homer says "It was not an object of care to me, to ask these things” (Odyssey 16.465). Melo is found in the sentence "mega ploutoio memēlōs, “having had care for great riches.” Melo - 10v -Matt. 22:16; Mk. 4:38; Mk. 12:14; Lk. 10:40; Jn. 10:13; Jn. 12:6; Acts 18:17; 1 Co. 7:21; 1 Co. 9:9; 1 Pet. 5:7 John 10:14 "I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, AMP I am the Good Shepherd, and I know [without any doubt those who are] My own and My own know Me [and have a deep, personal relationship with Me]— AMPC I am the Good Shepherd; and I know and recognize My own, and My own know and recognize Me— ERV (14-15) “I am the shepherd who cares for the sheep. I know my sheep just as the Father knows me. And my sheep know me just as I know the Father. I give my life for these sheep. GNT (14-15) I am the good shepherd. As the Father knows me and I know the Father, in the same way I know my sheep and they know me. And I am willing to die for them. BGT John 10:14 Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλὸς καὶ γινώσκω τὰ ἐμὰ καὶ γινώσκουσί με τὰ ἐμά, KJV John 10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. NET John 10:14 "I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me– CSB John 10:14 "I am the good shepherd. I know My own sheep, and they know Me, ESV John 10:14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, NIV John 10:14 "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me-- NLT John 10:14 "I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, good: John 10:11 know: John 10:27 Ps 1:6 2Ti 2:19 Rev 2:2,9,13,19 3:1,8,15 and My own know Me: Jn 17:3,8 Isa 53:11 2Co 4:6 Eph 1:17 3:19 Php 3:8 2Ti 1:12 1Jn 5:20 The Good Shepherd - Thomas Watson John 10 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: John 10:3-4 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. “When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. John 13:1+ Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. MUTUALLY RECIPROCAL RECOGNITION AND INCREDIBLE INTIMACY I am (ego eimi) the good (kalos - excellent, beautiful, choice, ideal, worthy) Shepherd (poimen), and I know (ginosko - not just intellectually, but intimately know) My own and My own know (ginosko) Me - Jesus contrasts His watchcare of the sheep with the fearful, fleeing hired hand just described. Jesus also affirms again His goodness as our Shepherd. The verb know (ginosko) is not simply cold intellectual knowledge, but an intimate, experiential knowledge. It is the verb used of the love expressive of the intimacy between a man and a woman in marriage (see use of ginosko in Mt 1:25KJV+). THOUGHT - We as His sheep get to know Him better as we listen to His voice in His Word. How often are you really digging into His Word each day (each week)? Infrequent "listening" to His voice, may account for why you (or I) feel distant from the Good Shepherd. If we feel distant, guess who moved? On a negative note, Jesus uses the same verb (ginosko) in that judgment scene of individual who thought they knew (ginosko) Him, calling Him "Lord, Lord" (Mt 7:22+). However, sadly, they will hear Jesus declare "I (ABSOLUTELY) never knew (ginosko) you; DEPART (command) FROM ME." (Mt 7:23+). Semitic people (e.g., the Assyrians) often refer to their rulers (kings, princes, religious leaders, etc.) as shepherds. How amazing is our Jesus because no single metaphor can exhaust His infinite greatness. So the one Who is the good Shepherd is also the only Door. He is the Lion of Judah (Rev 5:5+) and the Lamb of God (Rev 5:6+, Jn 1:29+). He is the Great High Priest and the Great Sacrificial Lamb! Amazing grace indeed that saved a wretch like me. Do not miss what Jesus compares His knowing us and us knowing Him with in the next verse! It is mind blowing! For in the next verse He says this knowing is even as the Father knows Him and He knows the Father! Try to wrap your meditating mind around that thought (and that comparison)! THOUGHT- If you are a genuine follower (disciple) of Jesus as your Good Shepherd, you have had this experience (know in sense of ginosko) and you know you are His and He is yours, forever and ever. Amen. Such knowledge should serve to motive to live for His glory and honor, killing sin daily (Ro 8:13+, Col 3:5+) and walking by His Spirit throughout the day (Gal 5:16+). Brian Bell - The Good Shepherd (gave His life; Ps 22); The Great Shepherd [Heb 13:20] (Cares for the sheep; Ps 23); The Chief Shepherd [1Pe 5:4] (Will come again in glory; Ps 24) Good - John used an unusual term for Good. It means good, beautiful. It has the connotation of a winsome, attractive, & virtuous person. We might use it in the sense of a model of perfection. Few portraits of Jesus have more appeal than His role of Shepherd. The “goodness” of this Shepherd abides in the fact that He does not spare Himself in looking after the sheep. David