The door (η θυρα). Repeated from verse 7.By me if any man enter in (δι' εμου εαν τις εισελθη). Condition of third…

By me. By my instruction and merits.

Shall be saved. See John 5:24.

Shall go in and out, and so forth. This …

By me if any man enter in.—He returns to the thought of the door, through which every true shepherd must himself enter th…

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be sa…

St. John Chrysostom: To awaken the attention of the Jews, our Lord unfolds the meaning of what He has said. Then Jesus said to…

Jesus’ main purpose was the salvation (health) of the sheep, which he defined as free access to pasture and fullness of life. Under his protection …

If any man enter by me. The highest consolation of believers is that when they have once embraced Christ, they learn that they are out of …

I am the door
Of the sheep, as before, see (John 10:7) . The Ethiopic version reads, "I am the true door…

Many who hear the word of Christ do not understand it, because they will not. But we will find one scripture expounding another, and the blessed Sp…

Here the Evangelist explains why it was nece ary to clarify the preceding parable, a nece ity caused by the listeners’ failure to understand. He do…