John 10:27–28
The sheep hear Jesus' voice and follow him; no one will snatch them from his hand
Study it word by word27My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
28and I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, ever; and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
In its context
25Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these testify about me;
26but you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.
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29My Father —what he has given me is greater than all, and no one can snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
30I and the Father are one.”
Its words in the original
- πρόβαταprobata· sheep
Sheep.
- ἐμὰema· my, mine
My, mine.
- φωνῆςphōnēs· voice, sound
Voice, sound.
- ἀκούουσινakouousin· hear, listen
Hear, listen; also heed.
- κἀγὼkagō· and I, I also
And I, I too.
- γινώσκωginōskō· know
Know, come to know, realize. Said of a man and a woman, have sexual relations.
- ἀκολουθοῦσίνakolouthousin· follow
Follow, go after someone; follow him as a disciple.
- δίδωμιdidōmi· give
Give.
- ζωὴνzōēn· life
Life; the true life that God gives.
- αἰώνιονaiōnion· eternal
Eternal: belonging to God's age and without end.
- ἀπόλωνταιapolōntai· destroy, perish
Destroy, cause to perish; in the middle voice, perish, be lost.
- αἰῶναaiōna· age
Age: a long period of the world's time; "forever", literally "into the ages".
- ἁρπάσειharpasei· snatch
Snatch, carry off by force.
- χειρόςcheiros· hand
Hand.