John 10:2
Context10:2 The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
John 10:11
Context10:11 “I am the good 1 shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life 2 for the sheep.
John 10:13
Context10:13 Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, 3 he runs away. 4
John 10:26-27
Context10:26 But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep. 10:27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
1 tn Or “model” (see R. E. Brown, John [AB], 1:386, who argues that “model” is a more exact translation of καλός [kalos] here).
2 tn Or “The good shepherd dies willingly.”
sn Jesus speaks openly of his vicarious death twice in this section (John 10:11, 15). Note the contrast: The thief takes the life of the sheep (10:10), the good shepherd lays down his own life for the sheep. Jesus is not speaking generally here, but specifically: He has his own substitutionary death on the cross in view. For a literal shepherd with a literal flock, the shepherd’s death would have spelled disaster for the sheep; in this instance it spells life for them (Compare the worthless shepherd of Zech 11:17, by contrast).
3 tn Grk “does not have a care for the sheep.”
4 tc The phrase “he runs away” is lacking in several important