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· I told you, I perfectly reveal God the Father (John 7:28-29). · I told you, I always please God and never sin (John 8:29, 8:46). · I told you, I am uniquely sent from God (John 8:42). · I told you, before Abraham was, I Am (John 8:58). · I told you, I am the Son of Man, prophesied by Daniel (John 9:37).
In all these places the word refers to future punishment, and the declaration of the Saviour is that his followers, his true disciples, shall never be cast away. The original is expressed with remarkable strength: "They shall not be destroyed forever." Syriac: "They shall not perish to eternity."
How a person reacts to Jesus proves whether they are, or are not, part of His "flock" (John 10:1–6). Jesus also claimed to be like the single opening in a sheep pen: "the door" which was the only means of finding rescue from danger (John 10:7–9).
What does John 10:28 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
John 10. In this chapter we have, I. Christ's parabolical discourse concerning himself as the door of the sheepfold, and the shepherd of the sheep, ver 1-18. II. The various sentiments of people upon it, ver 19-21. III. The dispute Christ had with the Jews in the temple at the feast of dedication, ver 22-39. IV.
The parable at last glows into burning metaphor. In the first paragraph our Lord gives a parabolic picture of flock and fold, door and porter, robber and shepherd. In the second paragraph he emphasizes the relation between the door and the fold, claiming to be "the Door."
John Chapter 10 - In-depth, verse-by-verse Bible study and commentary of John chapter 10 in plain English. 1 'Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way,