7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
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Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-18)It is not certain whether this discourse was at the feast of dedication in the winter (spoken of John 10:22), which may be taken as the date, not only of what follows, but of what goes before (that which countenances this is, that Christ, in his discourse there, carries on the metaphor of the sheep, John 10:26 , 27 , whence it seems that that discourse and this were at the same time); or whether t…
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