To him (τουτω). "To this one," the shepherd, in dative case.

The porter (ο θυρωρος). Old word for doorkeep…

To him the porter openeth. The porter is the doorkeeper. It seems that the more wealthy Jews who owned flocks employed some person to take…

The reference in Luke 10:3 to the wolves among whom they would be as lambs, sheds light on John 10:12. He who would lay down His life for them woul…

He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in …

St. John Chrysostom: After our Lord reproached the Jews for their blindness, they might have said, “We are not blind; we avoid…

The “watchman” (GK 2601) cannot be identified with any particular person; rather, the word illustrates Jesus’ coming at the right time and in the r…

To him the porter openeth. If by the word Porter anyone chooses to understand God, I do not object; and Christ even appears expre…

To him the porter openeth
There is nothing in the explanation of this parable given by Christ, that directs to the s…

Here is a parable or similitude, taken from the customs of the East, in the management of sheep.

Men, as creatures depending on their Creator…

1. After our Lord showed that his teaching had power to enlighten, he here shows that he has power to give life.

   First, he shows this…