John 10:9

John 10:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
• New International Version (NIV)I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

Context of John 10:9

7Then said Jesus to them again, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man shall enter, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. 11I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

John 10:9 word by word

ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ θύρα· δι᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐάν τις εἰσέλθῃ, σωθήσεται καὶ εἰσελεύσεται καὶ ἐξελεύσεται καὶ νομὴν εὑρήσει.Read the interlinear

• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• doorθύραthura · doorG2374
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• meἐμοῦemou · of meG1700
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• manτιςtis · oneG5100
• enterεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• findεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• pastureνομήnomē · pastureG3542

Cross-references for John 10:9

• John 10:1Verily, verily, I say to 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.
• John 14:6Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me.
• Romans 5:1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
• Ephesians 2:18For through him we both have an access by one Spirit to the Father.
• Hebrews 10:19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
• Psalms 23:1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
• Psalms 80:1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubim, shine forth.
• Psalms 95:7For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
• Psalms 100:3Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
• Isaiah 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
• Isaiah 49:9That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
• Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
• Zechariah 10:12And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.

Commentaries on John 10:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9I 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 himself preserved unto eternal life. This the scribes and Pharisees could neither promise nor impart. Go in and out - This phrase, in the style of the Hebrews, points out all the actions of a man's life, and the liberty he has of acting, or not acting. A good…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9By me - By my instruction and merits. Shall be saved - See John 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 led “beside the still waters of salvation.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 Many who hear the word of Christ, do not understand it, because they will not. But we shall find one scripture expounding another, and the blessed Spirit making known the blessed Jesus. Christ is the Door. And what greater security has the church of God than that the Lord Jesus is between it and all its enemies? He is a door open for passage and communication. Here are plain directions how to come into the fold; we must come in by Jesus Christ…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9he will be saved (or will find safety): As the guard at the gate, Jesus protects his sheep from harm by keeping them safe inside the pen.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-147-14. I am the door of the sheep--that is, the way in to the fold, with all blessed privileges, both for shepherds and sheep (compare Joh 14:6; Ep 2:18).Read the comment

Topics related to John 10:9

• God
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Penitent
• Regeneration
• Sheep
• Shepherd

In the dictionaries

• Doors
• Fold
• Lay
• Parable
• Sanctify
• Sheep
• Thief
• Allegory
• Door
• God

Commentaries on John 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings