John 10:1-10
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- Numbers 27:17; Jeremiah 23:1-4; Ezekiel 34:1-16
- Chapter I, Exhortation to the Greeks, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- I.17, V.13, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Part 3, Letter to Gregory (Thaumaturgus), Origen. (c.240)
- V.III, V.XII, VI.XXX, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
- Epistle II -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 250)
- VI.LXX, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
- From Augustine's Tractates on John: Tractate XLV (Chapter 10:1-10).
- "The Office of Preaching, and of Preachers and Hearers," Martin Luther, c. 1522.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "Seeing that by Christ alone we have access to the Father, there are no true shepherds other than those who come to Christ themselves and bring others there also, neither is any to be thought to be in the true sheepfold but those who are gathered to Christ."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "The great Shepherd of the sheep knows all that are his, guards them by his providence, guides them by his Spirit and word, and goes before them, as the Eastern shepherds went before their sheep, to set them in the way of his steps."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "And as it is not unworthy of Christ to be styled the door, by which both the sheep and the true pastor enter, so neither is it unworthy of God the Father to be styled the door keeper."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "Christ is at once the door, the shepherd and the pasture. His pasture is the bread of life and the water of life."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary, John 10:1-10, (Easter 4A), Sarah Henrich
, Preaching This
Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "One lesson here is that sheep fare best together, not picked off one by one. Another is that there is promise of great pasturage, abundant life for all who follow Jesus' way. A third is that there is something public, open, honest, and even simple about how we live as God's people through Jesus."
- Jesus the Good Shepherd, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2011.
- Enter, Fr. Rick Moley, a garden path, 2011.
- "But, what Jesus says is that he’s not here to lead us into constraint...he’s here to lead us out!"
- "Abundant Life," David Lose, WorkingPreacher, 2011.
- "If there's one sermon people are dying to listen to, it's this one. And I mean that quite literally.">
- "Jesus the Gate, and Paddy Plenty," Peter Woods, I am Listening, 2011.
- "What a gift! To be able to see abundance when scarcity is screaming for attention."
- A Radical Love, Neil Chappell, aweirdthing, 2011.
- "Radical love. Loving the unlovely. Serving the ungrateful. Compassion for the corrupt. Welcoming the outcast. Radical love. God’s been there, done that and got the t-shirt. This is the Good Shepherd."
- Lectionary Blogging, Easter 4, John Petty, Progressive Involvement, 2011.
- "In this story, the 'ticket' required by the gatekeeper--the only requirement--is the death and resurrection of Jesus."
- Commentary, John 10:1-10, (Easter 4A), Sarah Henrich
, Preaching This
Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "Jesus the Good Shepherd," Edgy Exegesis, Alyce McKenzie, Patheos, 2011.
- "John's Gospel always addresses readers in the plural. These texts were meant to be read aloud in group worship."
- Exegesis, John 10:1-10, Jennifer Knust, Lectionary Homiletics sample, 2011.
- "Aptly labeled the "spiritual" Gospel, John reveals Jesus’ significance only step-by-step and in light of the entirety of the book."
- Holy Textures, John 10:1-10, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours, David Ewart, 2011.
- "Many voices call our name. Can we be like the good sheep in this lesson and recognize and respond to the voice of Jesus calling our name?"
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Exegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
- "The ambiguity of phone as "sound" or "voice" may be intentional. Somewhere I remember hearing that each shepherd had a special whistle or sound that called his own sheep..."
- "First
Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Easter 4," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "God?s being in love, in relationship, is the source and pattern for a vision which might include all in such unity. Globalised, it engages us in a vision which embraces diversity and difference, but has no place for exploitation and marginalisation."
- A Voice Calling My Name, Andrew Prior, First Impresssions, 2011.
- "If I want that voice calling my name— I think that is what I am hearing— if I want that voice calling my name to be clear and certain and comforting, I must leave what little comfort I have, and follow the shepherd out into new pastures."
- "But Can You Trust Him?" Russell Rathbun, The Hardest Question, 2011.
- " What do I do when my experience contradicts what Jesus says?
- Commentary, John 10:1-10, Jaime Clark-Soles, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
-
Dylan's Lectionary Blog,
Easter 4A. Biblical Scholar
Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary
of the Episcopal Church.
- "It may be costly to confess Jesus as Lord, but there are two ways to that confession which are implicit in this Sunday's gospel."
-
Gospel Analysis,
Pastor Edward Markquart, Sermons from
Seattle, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
- "This is the primary mark of a good shepherd. He is willing to die that the sheep might live. That is what the story of the cross is all about."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
"Flocking Together," Edgardo Antonio Colón-Emeric, The Christian
Century, 2005.
- "Where is this flock? Wherever there are sheep walking with the Good Shepherd in the way of love."
-
Wellspring of
the Gospel, Easter 4, 2005. Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn
Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
- "How would you explain this Gospel to a child - or someone new to Faith?"
-
"I Am
the Door,"
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
- "Jesus wants no confusion in the fledgling church; you cannot enter his courtyard?his fold?by deeds, philosophy or ritual; only by him. Every other proposal will rob us of our place. Others may try to sneak us out (thieves) or force us out (robbers) of the fold; but those who do not come through Christ's way are not genuine."
- Commentary by Hall Harris at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
-
"At
Home in God," Susan R. Andrews. Commentary from The
Christian Century's "Living by the Word," April, 1999. At Religion
Online.
- "In life and in death, we belong to God. In life and in death, we are at home in God. But the reverse is also true. God needs and wants to be at home in us. God needs and wants to abide in us."
- Articles & Background:
-
"Salvation Is for Life," Richard J. Foster, Theology Today, 2004.
- "Jesus and the early Apostles preached a salvation radically different from the kind of salvation being preached today. They spoke of a life in the kingdom of God encompassing all of human existence, both here and hereafter. The circumference of their message embraces 360 degrees."
- "The
'Noble' Shepherd in John 10: Cultural And Rhetorical Background,"
Jerome H. Neyrey, Journal of Biblical
Literature 120 (2001): 267-91.
- "Because of the rich tradition about a 'noble' death in the rhetoric of praise, we argue that the adjective qualifying the 'shepherd' should also be translated as 'noble' and not simply 'good.'"
-
"Salvation Is for Life," Richard J. Foster, Theology Today, 2004.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Andrews, Susan, "At Home in God,"
The Christian Century, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brame, Grace Adolphsen, "The Cross: Payment or Gift?"
Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Colón-Emeric, Edgardo Antonio,
"Flocking Together," The Christian Century, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Foster, Richard J.,
"Salvation Is for Life," Theology Today, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Golding, Thomas A.,
"The Imagery of Shepherding in the Bible, Part 1," Bibliotheca Sacra,
2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Golding, Thomas A.,
"The Imagery of Shepherding in the Bible, Part 2," Bibliotheca Sacra,
2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - "Homiletical Helps," Concordia Journal, 2011. (Section on this text begins on page 138)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerial - "Homiletical Helps on LW Series A," Concordia Journal, 2005. (Section on this text begins on page 81)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerial - Kysar, Robert, "Johannine
Metaphor -- Meaning and Function: A Literary Case Study of John 10:1-8,"
Semeia, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Long, Kimberly Bracken,
"The Shepherd Jesus," Journal for Preachers, 2006. Sermon.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Martin, James P.,
"Expository Article, John 10:1-10," Interpretation, 1978.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Marty, Peter W.,
"The Door to Abundant Life," The Christian Century, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Neyrey, Jerome H., S.J., "'I Am
the Door' (John 10:7, 9): Jesus the Broker in the Fourth Gospel"
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Neyrey, Jerome H.,
"The 'Noble Shepherd' in John 10: Cultural and Rhetorical Background,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ramsey, Boniface, "A Note on the
Disappearance of the Good Shepherd from Early Christian Art," Harvard
Theological Review, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ross, J.M.,
"Further Unnoticed Points in the Text of the New Testament," Novum
Testamentum, 2003. (Section on John 10:7 begins on page 215.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Andrews, Susan, "At Home in God,"
The Christian Century, 1999.
- Reviews:
- Sermons:
- "The Sheepfold," the Rev. Adam Thomas, Day 1, 2011.
- Why Sheep? -- Sermon for Easter 4 based on John 10:1-10 by Richard L. Sheffield from SermonStudio.
- "Voices that Call Us," John Jewell, 2002.
- "Are You Hearing the Bleating, Too?" Easter 4 - 17 April 2005, David Zersen, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
- "Sheepgate," the Rev. Ronald T. Glusenkamp, Day 1, 2002.
- Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington - Sermons from Seattle:
- Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily:
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Easter 4A, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2011
- "Children's Literature: A Resource for Ministry," May 15, 2011, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Connections: John 10:1-10 and Feeding the Sheep, Leda Schubert.
- "The Master's Voice," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
- "The Good Shepherd," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- "The Good Shepherd," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- Crossword on John 9 & 10, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
- The Shepherd and His Flock Dot-to-Dot, The Sheep and the Shepherd Maze, The Sheep and the Shepherd Word Search, sermons4kids.com.
- Drama:
- "Good Shepherd, Smart Sheep," Heather Cooper, dramatix.
- "The Door," John Fewings, dramatix.
- "Recycled Life," John McNeil, dramatix.
- "The Great Exchange," Valerie Keefe, dramatix.
- "The Shepherd and the Wolf," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
- "Total Boredom," Michael English, Milton Parish Church Drama Resources.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, John 10:7, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Clip Art Images: John 10:1-10, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
- John 10:1-10, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
- John 10:1-10, at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
- Hymns and Music:
- ”O Jesus, You Were Born to Be,” original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, 2011, Tune: TRURO 8.8.8.8 (“Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates”) and O WALY WALY 8.8.8.8.
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- "Walk on ahead, Good Shepherd," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: John 10:2, 3, 9, 10. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of John
