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“Truly,Ἀμὴνtruly,ἀμὴνI tellλέγωyou,ὑμῖνwhoeverὁdoes notμὴenterεἰσερχόμενοςthe sheepfoldεἰς τὴν αὐλὴν τῶν προβάτωνthroughδιὰthe gateτῆς θύραςbutἀλλὰclimbs inἀναβαίνωνanother way,ἀλλαχόθενheἐκεῖνοςisἐστὶνa thiefκλέπτηςandκαὶa bandit.λῃστής
John 10:1
Study it in the app““Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold through the gate but climbs in another way, he is a thief and a bandit.”
With the Greek beneath
John 10:1, word by word
- “TrulyἈμὴνAmēn
truly
"I assure you": Jesus says it to affirm something.
Where else “Amēn” appears- I tellλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- enterεἰσερχόμενοςeiserchomenos
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eiserchomenos” appears- the sheepfoldαὐλὴνaulēn
sheepfold
The enclosure for the flock.
Where else “aulēn” appears- the sheepfoldπροβάτωνprobatōn
flock
The people a shepherd cares for, God's people.
Where else “probatōn” appears- the gateθύραςthyras
door
The opening that closes the entrance of a house, a room or a tomb.
Where else “thyras” appears- climbs inἀναβαίνωνanabainōn
go up
To go upward: up a mountain, to Jerusalem or to heaven.
Where else “anabainōn” appears- another wayἀλλαχόθενallachothen
another way
From another place, some other way.
Where else “allachothen” appears- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- a thiefκλέπτηςkleptēs
thief
Thief.
Where else “kleptēs” appears- a banditλῃστήςlēistēs
bandit
Bandit, robber; also armed rebel.
Where else “lēistēs” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
To study John 10 in a group
1. What it says
Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd.” What does the good shepherd do for the sheep, and how is he different from the hired hand? (vv. 11-15)
2. What it means
Jesus says the sheep hear his voice and he knows them (vv. 3-4, 27). What kind of relationship does that show between him and those who follow him?
3. How I live it
Jesus says he came so that they may have life in abundance (v. 10). In what part of your life do you need to hear his voice today?