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But you don`t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
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Multiple commentators, including Spurgeon, Calvin, and Gill, highlight the profound order of Jesus's statement. He says, 'You do not believe, because you are not my sheep,' not the other way around. They explain that faith is not the cause of becoming a sheep, but rather the evidence that one already belongs to Christ's flock through God's divine choice and grace.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Are not of my sheep. Are not my people, my followers. You do not possess the spirit of meek and humble disciples. Were it not for pride, p…
Because ye are not of my sheep (οτ εκ των προβατων μου). This had been the point in the allegory of the Good Shepherd. In fact, th…
19th Century
Anglican
But ye believe not.—Compare Notes on John 10:5; John 10:14; John 10:16.
As I said…
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Baptist
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself…
16th Century
Protestant
Because you are not of my sheep. He assigns a higher reason why they do not believe either in His miracles or in His doctrine. This is bec…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But ye believe not In me, as the Messiah:
because ye are not of my sheep ; the…
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All who have anything to say to Christ may find him in the temple. Christ would have us believe; we make ourselves doubt. The Jews understood his m…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that he has the power to give life and demonstrating his manner of doing so, our Lord here shows how this power to give lif…
