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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 10:7

Then. Therefore.

I say... I am. I say... that. am, &c.; hoti, putting the words that follow as. quotation. See App-173.

of. for. Of the sheep, not of the fold.

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Discourse on the Good Shepherd. Jesus' deity asserted. CHARACTERS: Jesus, God. CONCLUSION: God, our great owner, the sheep of whose pasture we are by creation, has constituted His Son, Jes...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    John 10:1. _He that entereth not by the door is a thief and a robber._ After the scribes had formed a plot against the life of the good shepherd, he told them that they were not the children of Abraha...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    I AM THE DOOR FOR THE SHEEP. He is the ONE DOOR for all, both sheep and shepherds....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold_ SHEPHERDHOOD The simple lesson which our Lord intended to teach in this familiar passage has often been strangely mistaken. The minds of men hav...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 10:7 I AM THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP. Jesus is the only way by which one can become part of the people of God (that is, Jesus’ flock). Compare Psalms 118:20.

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ephesians 2:18; Ezekiel 34:31; Hebrews 10:19; Isaiah 53:6; John 10:1

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

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