eternal . Greek aionios. App-151 . never = by no means (Greek. ou me. App-105 ) unto the age (Greek. eis ton aiona. App-151 ). neither = and not (Greek. ou. App-105 ). pluck = snatch. See John 10:12 . out of . Greek. ek: App-104 . read more
one. Greek hen. Neut., one in essence, not one person which would be heir, masculine. This is the climax of His claim to oneness with the Father in verses: John 10:18 , John 10:25 , John 10:28 , John 18:29 . Compare also John 10:38 ; John 14:11 .Revelation 22:3 . read more
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.Men who close their eyes, stop their ears, and harden their hearts cannot hear the Shepherd's voice, through no fault of the Shepherd, but because of their own willful sin. Those of honest and good heart, on the other hand, will hear the Shepherd's voice and follow him. Predestination enters into this only in the fact that the rules were laid down before all eternity to the effect that self-willed sinners are destined to be hardened... read more
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.Eternal life ... Who but God could make a promise like this? Thus, the Pharisees had another chance to see the light; but this additional statement of Christ's divinity was worthless to them, because it could not serve as a legal charge before the Romans.And no one shall snatch, etc. ... The utmost security of the saved in Christ lies in the fact that no external power shall ever be able... read more
My Father who hath given them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one.Here is the reasoning that underlies the promise of John 10:28 that the sheep of Christ shall have eternal life. There is no way to understand Jesus' words here except as an affirmation of his supernatural nature, claiming equality with God himself, or, as the Pharisees expressed it in John 10:33, making himself God! As Robertson said:This crisp... read more
John 10:26-28. But ye believe not, &c.— "The reason why you disbelieve me, is not becausethe proofs of my mission are insufficient, but because you are not of a humble teachable disposition, free from worldly passions, and willing to receive the doctrine which comes from God: persons of this character easily know by the nature of my doctrine and miracles who I am,—consequently are soon disposed to follow me; and I, on my part, readily acknowledge and receive them, and bestow upon them, if... read more
John 10:30. I and my Father are one.— The Arians affirm that the sense of this passage is, "My Father and I are the same, in power and in will; so that if you oppose my will, you oppose his; and if you take my sheep out of my hand, you must at the same time overcome him, and take them out of his hand likewise." But if we attend, not only to the obvious meaning of these plain and strong words compared with other passages of scripture, but to their connection also, and the sense in which the Jews... read more
27-30. My sheep hear my voice, &c.—(See on John 10:1). read more
28. I give unto them eternal life—not "will give them"; for it is a present gift. (See on John 3:36; John 3:36- :). It is a very grand utterance, couched in the language of majestic authority. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 10:27
and . Fig, Polysyndeton. App-6 . read more