Study it in the app“The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters them.”
The hired hand,ὁ μισθωτὸςwho isὢνnotοὐκa shepherdποιμήνandκαὶwhose ownοὗ ἴδιαthe sheepτὰ πρόβαταare not,οὐκ ἔστινseesθεωρεῖthe wolfτὸν λύκονcomingἐρχόμενονandκαὶleavesἀφίησινthe sheepτὰ πρόβαταandκαὶflees;φεύγειandκαὶthe wolfὁ λύκοςseizesἁρπάζειthemαὐτὰandκαὶscatters them.σκορπίζει
hired hand
Hired hand, worker paid by the day.
Where else “misthōtos” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ōn” appearsshepherd
One who looks after and leads sheep.
Where else “poimēn” appearsown
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idia” appearsflock
The people a shepherd cares for, God's people.
Where else “probata” appearswatch
To observe something closely.
Where else “theōrei” appearswolf
Wolf.
Where else “lykon” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “erchomenon” appearsleave
To part from something or someone and go on without it.
Where else “aphiēsin” appearsflee
Flee, escape.
Where else “pheugei” appearssnatch
Snatch, carry off by force.
Where else “harpazei” appearsscatter
Make go off in all directions.
Where else “skorpizei” appears11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 · This verse (above)
13He flees because he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.
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?
