Ver. 13. The Alexandrian authorities reject the first words: “ but the hireling flees. ” In that case, the because which follows, refers not to the last two propositions of John 10:12, but to the one which precedes them: he flees. After having thus described the cowardly guardians, Jesus returns to the description of the good shepherd and his conduct towards the flock, and expressly applies to Himself (ἐγώ, I, John 10:14) this figure.

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