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They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don`t know the voice of strangers."
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A Spiritual Alarm System
Commentators explain that a true believer's reaction to false teaching is not just disagreement, but an instinctual flight. Just as sheep in a flock panic and flee at an unfamiliar voice, Christians who are intimate with Christ will feel a deep-seated aversion to doctrines that contradict His truth. This spiritual alarm system protects the flock from those who would lead them astray.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
A stranger (αλλοτριω). Literally, "One belonging to another" (from αλλος, opposed to ιδιος). A shepherd of another flock, it may b…
19th Century
Anglican
And a stranger will they not follow.—The “stranger” is anyone other than their own shepherd, and the term is not to be li…
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Baptist
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 …
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And a stranger will they not follow One that knows not Christ, is not sent by him, and who does not preach him:
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
