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

7So Yeshua said again, “Amen, amen I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8All those who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate! If anyone comes in through Me, he will be saved. He will come and go and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I have come that they might have life, and have it abundantly! 11“I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the doorὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the doorθύραthura · doorG2374
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• any manτιςtis · oneG5100
• enter inεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• he shall be savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• outἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831
• findεὑρίσκωheuriskō · to find/meetG2147
• pastureνομήnomē · pastureG3542

Cross-references for John 10:9

• John 10:1“Amen, amen I tell you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
• John 14:6Yeshua said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life! No one comes to the Father except through Me.
• Romans 5:1Therefore, having been made righteous by trusting, we have shalom with God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
• Ephesians 2:18for through Him we both have access to the Father by the same Ruach.
• Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have boldness to enter into the Holies by the blood of Yeshua.
• Psalms 23:1A psalm of David. Adonai is my shepherd, I shall not want.
• Psalms 80:1For the music director, on “Lilies,” a testimony: a psalm of Asaph.
• Psalms 95:7For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the flock of His hand. Today, if you hear His voice:
• Psalms 100:3Know that Adonai, He is God. It is He who has made us, and we are His. We are His people, the sheep of His pasture.
• Isaiah 40:11Like a shepherd, He tends His flock. He gathers the lambs in His arms carries them in his bosom, and gently guides nursing ewes.
• Isaiah 49:9saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out!’ to those in darkness, ‘Be shown!’ Along the roads they will graze— their pasture will be on all the barren heights.
• Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd seeks out his sheep on the day he is among his scattered flock, so I will seek out My sheep. I will rescue them out of all the places where they have been scattered, on a day of cloud and thick darkness.
• Zechariah 10:12So I will strengthen them in Adonai and they will walk in His Name. It is a declaration of Adonai.

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