A stranger (αλλοτριω). Literally, "One belonging to another" (from αλλος, opposed to ιδιος). A shepherd of another flock, it may b…

A stranger, and so on. This was literally true of a flock. Accustomed to the voice and presence of a kind shepherd, they would not regard …

And a stranger will they not follow.—The “stranger” is anyone other than their own shepherd, and the term is not to be li…

And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not …

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

A pen frequently held several flocks; and when the time came to go out in the morning pasture, each shepherd separated his sheep from the others by…

And a stranger will they not follow
One that knows not Christ, is not sent by him, and who does not preach him:

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…