Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
John 10:3
To him the porter openeth. The gatekeeper whose business is to
guard the entrance. This servant was furnished with arms to fight off
intruders, but the shepherd he would let in. It is not certain that
Christ intended to make the porter a figure of any spiritual thing, but
if so, he would represent God, who has decided who shall enter through
the door.
And the sheep hear his voice. This is true to the letter. The
sheep in the East are so tame and so trained that they follow their
keeper with the utmost docility. He leads them forth from the fold just
where he pleases. The Eastern shepherds lead their sheep, while in our
country we drive them.
He calleth his own sheep by name. This corresponds exactly with
the facts of Eastern shepherd life. They give names to sheep as we do
to horses, cows, and dogs. "Passing by a flock of sheep", says Mr.
Hartley, "I asked the shepherd to call one of his sheep. He instantly
did so, and it left its pasturage and its companions, and ran to the
shepherd with a promptitude and signs of pleasure that I never
witnessed before".
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 10:3
John 10:7
John 10:18
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