John Chapter 10 verse 27 Holy Bible

John 10 : 27 Bible Verse Songs

• I Will Listen by Twila Paris
• Touch From You by Tamela Mann
• The Shepherd Song by Mississippi Children's Choir

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 27-30. - (2) Christ's claim to equality of power and essence, and similarity of gracious operation with the Father. Verses 27, 28. - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any one pluck them out of my hand. Commentators have differed as to the arrangement of these two verses - whether the six assertions should be regarded as two triplets, in the first of which the sheep of Christ are made prominent, and in the latter of which the Shepherd; thus - (l) The sheep - "My sheep hear my voice" (their receptivity). . . .

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(27, 28) The reference to those who believe not because they were not of His sheep, introduces the contrast between them and those who were, and the position of the true members of the flock is expanded in this pair of parallel clauses. One member of each pair refers to the act or state of the sheep; and the other to the act or gift of the Shepherd. The pairs proceed in a climax from the first response of the conscience which recognises the divine voice to the eternal home which is in the Father's presence.(1)"My sheep hear My voice," . . "and I know them;"(2)"And they follow Me" . . "and I give unto them eternal life;"(3)"And they shall never perish" . . . "neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand."By reading successively the clauses placed on the left side of the page, we trace the progress of the human act and state; by reading, in the same way, the clauses on the right side of the page, we trace the progress of the divine gift; by reading each pair in the order of the text, we see how at each stage the gift is proportioned to the faculty which can receive it.The earlier clauses are familiar to us from the preceding discourse, but some expressions will need a word of explanation.Eternal life.--Comp. John 10:10, where the word "eternal" is added in some readings. Here the verb is in the present, "I give (am now giving) them." (Comp. John 3:15; John 5:24; John 6:47 et seq.). We cannot be too careful to observe that our Lord's thoughts of "eternal life" is never of the future only. It is a development, rather than a simply future existence. We shall live eternally, because we now live spiritually in communion with the Spirit who is Eternal. . . .