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I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
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The Only Door to Salvation
Commentators unanimously affirm that Jesus' statement 'I am the door' is an exclusive claim. He is the one and only way to be saved, enter God's flock, and find security. As scholar A.T. Robertson notes, this may seem intolerant, but it is the 'narrowness of truth.' This door, however, is open to 'any man' who chooses to enter through faith in Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
By me. By my instruction and merits.
Shall be saved. See John 5:24.
Shall go in and out, and so forth. This …
The door (η θυρα). Repeated from verse 7.By me if any man enter in (δι' εμου εαν τις εισελθη). Condition of third…
19th Century
Anglican
By me if any man enter in.—He returns to the thought of the door, through which every true shepherd must himself enter th…
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Baptist
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…
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 …
16th Century
Protestant
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 …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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 …
