John 10:9

I am the door,.... Of the sheep, as before, see Joh 10:7. The Ethiopic version reads, "I am the true door of the sheep"; which is repeated for further confirmation, and for the sake of introducing…

By me - By my instruction and merits. Shall be saved - See Joh 5:24. Shall go in and out ... - This is language applied, commonly to flocks. It meant that he shall be well supplied, and defended, and…

I am the door: by me if any man enter, etc. - Those who come for salvation to God, through Christ, shall obtain it: he shall be saved - he shall have his sins blotted out, his soul purified, and…

It is not certain whether this discourse was at the feast of dedication in the winter (spoken of Joh 10:22), which may be taken as the date, not only of what follows, but of what goes before (that…

by me Placed first for emphasis; -through Me and in no other way." The main point is iterated again and again, each time with great simplicity, and yet most emphatically. "The simplicity, the…