Charles Ellicott Commentary John 10:7

"Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep." — John 10:7 (ASV)

Then said Jesus to them again.—Better, Therefore said Jesus again, the words “to them” being of uncertain authority. He says what follows because they did not understand what He had said before. It is not that a new allegory begins at this place. He spoke in the beginning of the door and of the shepherd (John 10:1–2). He now proceeds to unfold the meaning of both.

Verily, verily, I say to you.—Compare Note on John 10:1.

I am the door of the sheep.—Taking these words in connection with John 10:1-2, they seem to mean not “the door for the sheep,” but “the door to the sheep,” “the door into the sheepfold.” Our Lord returns to the words, and explains them more fully, in John 10:9.