I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Christ's willingness to give His own life for the sheep shows the extraordinary affection He bears toward them and proves His true shepherding. Those who reject so kind a shepherd are exceedingly ungrateful and deserve condemnation; and beware of wolves in shepherds' clothing who scatter the Church, whatever title they claim.
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It is not certain whether this discourse was at the feast of dedication in the winter (spoken of Joh 10:22), which may be taken as the date, not only of what follows, but of what goes before (that which countenances this is, that Christ, in his discourse there, carries on the metaphor of the sheep, Joh 10:26, Joh 10:27, whence it seems that that discourse...
Commenting on John 10:1-18
Christ is the great shepherd, sent and appointed by the Father, and He proves His goodness by providing pasture, protecting from enemies, healing diseases, and searching for the scattered. But nothing shows it more than this: He gives His life freely as a ransom price for the sheep, in their room and stead.
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