What does John 10:9 mean?
John 10:9. One does not know whether the width or the depth of this marvellous promise is the more noteworthy. Jesus Christ presents Himself before the whole race of man, and declares Himself able to deal with the needs of every individual in the tremendous whole. ‘If any man’-no matter who, where, when.
What does Jesus say about the sheep and the fold?
To provide these is the end of all human society and government. Jesus Christ here says that He can give all these to every one. The imagery of the sheep and the fold is still, of course, in His mind, and colours the form of the representation.
What is the declaration of my text?
At the same time, the two ideas pass into one another; and the declaration of my text is that because, step by step, conflict by conflict, in passing danger after danger, external and internal, Jesus Christ, through our union with Him, will keep us safe, at the last we shall reach eternal and everlasting salvation.
John 10:9
I, am the door: through me, if anyone enter, he shall be saved, and shall come in and go out, and, pasture, shall find.
Parallel Translations
Amplified Bible I am the Door; anyone who enters through Me will be saved [and will live forever], and will go in and out [freely], and find pasture (spiritual security).
Contextual Overview
9 I, am the door: through me, if anyone enter, he shall be saved, and shall come in and go out, and, pasture, shall find.
Cross-References
Genesis 6:4 The giants, were in the each in these days, and also, after that, when the sons of God began to go in unto the daughters of men, and sons were born to them, the same, were the heroes that were from age-past times the men of renown.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I am the door ,.... Of the sheep, as before, see John 10:7. The Ethiopic version reads, "I am the true door of the sheep"; which is repeated for further confirmation, and for the sake of introducing what follows:
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
I am the door: by me if any man enter, etc. - Those who come for salvation to God, through Christ, shall obtain it: he shall be saved - he shall have his sins blotted out, his soul purified, and himself preserved unto eternal life. This the scribes and Pharisees could neither promise nor impart.