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christ one GOOD shepherd.


Christ the Good shepherd.
The lesson for Sunday. Sept 30. may be
found In John 10; 1-16.
INTRODUcrORY
IL is sthe shepherd OF the Sheep that is
brought into distinct portrayal hero. May
the form and face be clearly deserted.
What want the sheep but q shepherd,
shepherd? Long enough they have
sought pasturage at the will OF hirelings
and aliens. o 20 see them come. called by
this lesson, TO the shepherd himselfi May
many an estray catch vision and voice
after the plaintive song OF the South
land. as:
abe Massa OBJ de sheepfold.
Dat guards de sheepfold bin.
Goes down froo de gloomerin' meadow
Where de long night rain begin;
Goes down froo de glimmerin' rainpar
Where de sleet fa's piercin' thin,
And he lets down de bars OBJ dc sheepfolds
CALM sof', Come In, come in
CALM sof, Come In. come In"
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS
Verify, verify. Introducing an extraor-
binary statement you Jesus is
still addressing the Jews at Jerusalem. -
The door, or the gate.-Sheepfold First
meaning, an unroofed enclosure. ---Climb-
eth up The verb means simply to go up,
or ascend. Analysis is from this same
word.-Thief, from the verb to deceive.
-Robber, from the verb, to plumber.
The shepherd Better, q shepherd, l. g..
the usual conduct of a shepherd The word
shepherd Is associated with the verb, to
feed.
To him. Greek. TO this one. ---Porter or
gateman. Same root as door. above In v. l.
--Calleth, tho word implies a loud or
sonorous CALI IL is the same as the word
voice In the line above
His own. Greek, all his own.-Before
them. strong word, in front of them.
=. de- 4. L.
same word used twice In the verso before
(Hvoice,n @callethn).
A stranger. One who is other, such the
simple significance of the Greek. - Not
the voice. Again call would graphically
convey tho sense; same word as In VS.
Parable. Rather, proverb, a saying.
Literally, by-word, from a compound Of by
and the way. This is not the word para
bola, usually rendered parable -Spake
unto. Or talked, as IL so accustomed to
address them.
Then. Better, therefore. See Variations.
Door of the sheep. In the sense of
for the sheep, a. a, belonging TO them.
All that ever. Ever, is omitted IN the
Revision and Bible Union. But some such
distributive seems to be implied In the
Greek osoi, all, as many as-Before me.
Omitted In Tischendorf 1t is, after all,
not needed. In tho sense of heed.
but the same word used throughout this
narrative. The sheep are picturesquely
sketched as feeding on without listening to
the false call.
Even so. Better, and The Revision fol-
lows the Creek here In connecting this d.
rectly with the verso before: anime know
me, as the Father knows me and know the
Father Triple knowledge like the triple
unity OF John, 1871, which see.-Lay
down. Same word translated giveth In v.
II, but why not rendered by the same word
in the English?
Not of the fo.d. He was speaking to the
Jews.-Bring. Or conduct. Margin, lead,
1. e., with shepherd care and guidance
And one shepherd. Better with and omitted.
See Variations This may simply refer to
the breaking down OF the Swall of parti-
tionn between Jews and Gentiles, Eph. 2:1A
By me, II any man enter In. The precise
order of the Greek, but the Bible Union Is
(Dr. Conant) perhaps clearer: @If any one
enter In through .d me- CO. 1 ouS " esa 2SS
and thus more expressive
To steal and to kill and to destroy. A
gradual ascent, the last word meaning
more than to slay, l. e., to Stay and to
bring to naught.-More abundantly. Or
simply, for IL is but one word In the orig
inal (perisson), abundantly. Margini album
dance. The word means, however, more
than enough.
genuine shepherd cannot but be good to
his sheep.-Giveth. Or layeth down,
literally, places, T. O., he throws his life
into the work.
But. Omitted by Tischendorf See vari-
ations.-Hireling. From the word for
wages or hire. A mercenary person, en-
listed Gfer revenue only. The shep-
herd. Or, q shepherd. Definite article
omitted In the Greek. Thusi an hireling
and not shepherd.-Whose own. Greek:
or whom the sheep are not his own. 49,
Seeth or spieth; another form of this came
rd ntwor aClA fx1et
count Is graphic.
Because he is an hireling. This opens
the verse In the Crock of Tischendorf, the
clause beng connected thus closely with
the preceding verse.-Careth not Greek
idiom: There Is no care to him concerning
the sheep.
know me.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
For they know his voice Better still:
They know his CALL You have tried II
yourself. perhaps, at the farm. Your voice
rang out quite Justify and you threw all the
persuasion possible into your tones, but the