John 10:3

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Summary

John 10:3

To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

The sheep

John 10:4

John 6:37

Song of Songs 8:13

And he

And leadeth

General references

Numbers 1:17

Bible References

The sheep

When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.

The Lover to His Beloved: O you who stay in the gardens, my companions are listening attentively for your voice; let me be the one to hear it!

And he

"I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me --

The Lord said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you have requested, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name."

And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.

Yes, I say also to you, true companion, help them. They have struggled together in the gospel ministry along with me and Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life.

However, God's solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil."

If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.

And leadeth

He takes me to lush pastures, he leads me to refreshing water.

Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a psalm of Asaph. O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor!

Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.

I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.

You will say to the prisoners, 'Come out,' and to those who are in dark dungeons, 'Emerge.' They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

Then I will reply, 'I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.

"When that time comes," says the Lord, "the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together. They will come back with tears of repentance as they seek the Lord their God.

"'For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.

because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

General references

So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name,