John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice,.... The voice of Christ in his Gospel, both externally and internally; See Gill on Joh 10:4, See Gill on Joh 10:16; and since therefore these Jews did not, it was a plain case…

My sheep - My church, my people, those who have the true spirit of my followers. The name is given to his people because it was an illustration which would be well understood in a country abounding in…

My sheep hear my voice - But ye will not hear: - my sheep follow me; but ye will neither follow nor acknowledge me. Any person who reads without prejudice may easily see, that our Lord does not at all…

We have here another rencounter between Christ and the Jews in the temple, in which it is hard to say which is more strange, the gracious words that came out of his mouth or the spiteful ones that…

Note the simple but very impressive coupling of the clauses by a simple -and" throughout and comp. Joh 10:10; Joh 10:10: note also the climax.