John 10:2

2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

Ver. 2. But he that entereth in by the door ] That is, called by Christ to the office of his undershepherd. In physicis aer non faeit seipsum ignem, sed fit a superiori, saith Aquinas.

Is the shepherd of the sheep ] To the which is required, that he be both learned and loving. This note ariseth out of the notation of the word here used. ( Ποιμην quasi οιμην , of οις , a sheep, and μαω , to desire earnestly.)