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Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most assuredly, I tell you, I am the sheep`s door.
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Jesus: The Only Way In
Commentators unanimously emphasize that when Jesus calls himself "the door," he is making an exclusive claim. He is the sole, legitimate entrance into the church, into a relationship with God the Father, and ultimately into heaven. Scholars like Calvin and Gill stress that any attempt to approach God through another way is futile, as Christ is the one and only access point for salvation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I am the door. I am the way by which ministers and people enter the true church. It is by his merits, his intercession, his aid, and his a…
Therefore again (ουν παλιν). Jesus repeats the allegory with more detail and with more directness of application. Repeating a stor…
19th Century
Anglican
Then said Jesus to them again.—Better, Therefore said Jesus again, the words “to them” being of uncertain author…
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Baptist
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again, Ve…
The sudden shift of metaphor from shepherd to gate seems rather strange to us, but in reality it is not. When the sheep returned to the fold at nig…
16th Century
Protestant
I am the door. If this explanation had not been added, the whole discourse would have been allegorical. He now explains more clearly what …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said Jesus unto them again By way of explanation of the above parable, since they did not understand it:
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here the Evangelist explains why it was necessary to clarify the preceding parable, a necessity caused by the listeners’ failure to understand. He …
