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John 10
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I Am the Good Shepherd

10 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 (A)A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” 6 This figure of speech Jesus (B)used with them, but they (C)did not understand what he was saying to them.

7 So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (D)I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, (E)he will be saved and will go in and out and (F)find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and (G)kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 (H)I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd (I)lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is (J)a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and (K)leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and (L)scatters them. 13 He flees because (M)he is a hired hand and (N)cares nothing for the sheep. 14 (O)I am the good shepherd. (P)I know my own and (Q)my own know me, 15 (R)just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and (S)I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And (T)I have other sheep that are not of this fold. (U)I must bring them also, and (V)they will listen to my voice. So there will be (W)one flock, (X)one shepherd. 17 (Y)For this reason the Father loves me, (Z)because (AA)I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 (AB)No one takes it from me, but (AC)I lay it down (AD)of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and (AE)I have authority to take it up again. (AF)This charge I have received from my Father.”

19 (AG)There was again a division among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, (AH)“He has a demon, and (AI)is insane; why listen to him?” 21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. (AJ)Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

I and the Father Are One

22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, (AK)in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are (AL)the Christ, (AM)tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. (AN)The works that I do (AO)in my Father's name bear witness about me, 26 but (AP)you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 (AQ)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 (AR)I give them eternal life, and (AS)they will never perish, and (AT)no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, (AU)who has given them to me,[a] (AV)is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of (AW)the Father's hand. 30 (AX)I and the Father are one.”

31 (AY)The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but (AZ)for blasphemy, because you, being a man, (BA)make yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in (BB)your Law, (BC)‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be (BD)broken— 36 do you say of him whom (BE)the Father consecrated and (BF)sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because (BG)I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 (BH)If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, (BI)even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that (BJ)the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39 (BK)Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

40 He went away again across the Jordan to the place (BL)where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. 41 And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but (BM)everything that John said about this man was true.” 42 And (BN)many believed in him there.

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  1. John 10:29 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me
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Иисус – хороший пастух

10 – Говорю вам истину: тот, кто входит в овечий загон не через ворота, а проникает другим путем, тот вор и разбойник. 2 Но кто входит через ворота, тот настоящий пастух[a] этих овец. 3 Сторож открывает ему ворота, и овцы слышат его голос. Он зовет своих овец по именам[b] и выводит их. 4 Когда он выведет всех своих, то идет впереди них, и овцы идут за ним, потому что знают его голос. 5 Они никогда не пойдут за чужим, они убегут от него, потому что не знают его голоса.

6 Иисус использовал эту притчу, но они не поняли, о чем Он говорил.

7 Тогда Иисус сказал:

– Говорю вам истину: Я – дверь для овец. 8 Все, кто приходили до Меня, – воры и разбойники, и овцы их не послушали[c]. 9 Я – дверь: кто входит через Меня, тот будет спасен. Он сможет входить и выходить и найдет пастбище. 10 Вор приходит только для того, чтобы украсть, убить и разрушить, а Я пришел, чтобы дать жизнь, и притом в избытке.

11 Я – хороший пастух. Хороший пастух отдает жизнь свою за овец. 12 Наемному пастуху овцы не принадлежат, и, когда он видит, что пришел волк, он бросает овец и убегает. Тогда волк хватает овец и разгоняет все стадо. 13 Наемник убегает, потому что он нанят и не заботится об овцах.

14 Я – хороший пастух. Я знаю Своих, и они знают Меня. 15 Так же и Отец знает Меня, и Я знаю Отца. Я отдаю жизнь Мою за овец. 16 У Меня есть и другие овцы, не из этого загона[d], их Я тоже должен привести. Они тоже будут послушны Моему голосу, и будет одно стадо и один пастух. 17 Отец любит Меня потому, что Я отдаю Свою жизнь, чтобы потом опять взять ее. 18 Никто ее у Меня не может отнять, Я отдаю ее добровольно. У Меня есть власть отдать ее и взять ее опять. Так было Мне определено Моим Отцом.

19 После этих слов мнения слушавших иудеев опять разделились. 20 Многие говорили:

– Он одержимый и бредит, зачем Его слушать?

21 Другие говорили:

– Одержимый так бы не говорил. Разве может демон открывать глаза слепым?

Религиозные вожди расспрашивают Иисуса в храме

22 В Иерусалиме наступил праздник Обновления[e] храма. Была зима. 23 Иисус ходил по храму в колоннаде Соломона. 24 Вокруг Него собрался народ.

– Сколько Ты еще будешь держать нас в недоумении? – говорили они. – Если Ты Христос, то так и скажи нам.

25 Иисус ответил:

– Я уже говорил вам, но вы не поверили. Обо Мне свидетельствуют дела, которые Я совершаю от имени Моего Отца. 26 Вы же не верите Мне потому, что вы не из Моих овец. 27 Мои овцы слышат Мой голос, Я знаю их, и они идут за Мной. 28 Я даю им жизнь вечную, и они никогда не погибнут[f], их у Меня никто не отнимет. 29 Отец Мой, Который дал их Мне, превыше всех, и никто не может забрать их из рук Моего Отца. 30 Я и Отец – одно.

31 Тогда иудеи опять схватили камни, чтобы побить Его, 32 но Иисус сказал им:

– Я показал вам много добрых дел от Отца. За какое из них вы хотите побить Меня камнями?

33 Иудеи ответили:

– Мы Тебя не за это хотим побить камнями, а за кощунство, потому что Ты, человек, выдаешь Себя за Бога.

34 Иисус ответил:

– Разве в вашем Законе не написано: «Я сказал: вы – боги»?[g] 35 Если богами названы те, кому было дано слово Божье, а Писание не может быть упразднено, 36 то как же вы смеете говорить, что Тот, Кого Бог освятил и послал в мир, кощунствует, потому что Я сказал: «Я – Сын Бога»? 37 Если Я не делаю то же, что делает Мой Отец, – не верьте Мне. 38 Если же Я совершаю дела Моего Отца, то даже если вы не верите Моим словам, верьте делам, чтобы вы поняли и знали, что Отец во Мне и Я в Нем.

39 Они опять попытались схватить Его, но Он ушел у них из рук.

40 Затем Иисус отправился на другую сторону Иордана, туда, где Иоанн раньше крестил, и там оставался. 41 Туда к Нему приходило много людей.

– Хотя Иоанн и не творил ни одного знамения, но все, что Иоанн говорил о Нем, верно, – говорили они.

42 И многие там поверили в Иисуса.

Footnotes

  1. 10:2 Политических и духовных вождей Израиля иногда называли «пастухами», от них требовалось заботиться о своем «стаде», т. е. народе. Но когда они стали угнетать «стадо», Бог обличил их (см. Иез. 34; Ис. 56:9-12) и обещал послать хорошего Пастуха, Христа (см. Иез. 34:23). Данную притчу нужно понимать в свете этого исторического контекста.
  2. 10:3 По всей вероятности, во времена Иисуса пастухи в Израиле любили давать овцам имена (клички).
  3. 10:8 Здесь имеются в виду те, кто входил в «овечий загон» не через «ворота» (см. 10:1) – политические и духовные вожди Иудеи, которые думали лишь о своем благе.
  4. 10:16 Имеются в виду представители других народов, не иудеи, которые поверят в Иисуса.
  5. 10:22 Праздник Обновления храма – праздновался в память об очищении храма Маккавеями в 165 г. до н. э., после его осквернения Антиохом Епифаном.
  6. 10:28 Не погибнут – т. е. не попадут в ад.
  7. 10:34 Пс. 81:6. В этом отрывке из Псалтыри, по мнению различных толкователей, словом «боги» (евр. «элохим») названы либо судьи, поставленные Богом решать земные дела, либо народ Израиля, либо ангелы. Дело в том, что еврейское слово «элохим» имеет более широкое значение, чем в русском языке слово «бог». И, конечно же, здесь не подразумевалось, что у тех, кто назван «богами», была божественная природа.
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Jesus, the Good Shepherd

10 “I can guarantee this truth: The person who doesn’t enter the sheep pen through the gate but climbs in somewhere else is a thief or a robber. 2 But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep respond to his voice. He calls his sheep by name and leads them out of the pen. 4 After he has brought out all his sheep, he walks ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. 5 They won’t follow a stranger. Instead, they will run away from a stranger because they don’t recognize his voice.” 6 Jesus used this illustration as he talked to the people, but they didn’t understand what he meant.

7 Jesus emphasized, “I can guarantee this truth: I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who came before I did were thieves or robbers. However, the sheep didn’t respond to them. 9 I am the gate. Those who enter the sheep pen through me will be saved. They will go in and out of the sheep pen and find food. 10 A thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But I came so that my sheep will have life and so that they will have everything they need.

11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. 12 A hired hand isn’t a shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep. When he sees a wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and quickly runs away. So the wolf drags the sheep away and scatters the flock. 13 The hired hand is concerned about what he’s going to get paid and not about the sheep.

14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep as the Father knows me.[a] My sheep know me as I know the Father. 15 So I give my life for my sheep. 16 I also have other sheep that are not from this pen. I must lead them. They, too, will respond to my voice. So they will be one flock with one shepherd. 17 The Father loves me because I give my life in order to take it back again. 18 No one takes my life from me. I give my life of my own free will. I have the authority to give my life, and I have the authority to take my life back again. This is what my Father ordered me to do.”

19 The Jews were divided because of what Jesus said. 20 Many of them said, “He’s possessed by a demon! He’s crazy! Why do you listen to him?” 21 Others said, “No one talks like this if he’s possessed by a demon. Can a demon give sight to the blind?”

The Jews Reject Jesus

22 The Festival of the Dedication of the Temple took place in Jerusalem during the winter. 23 Jesus was walking on Solomon’s porch in the temple courtyard.

24 The Jews surrounded him. They asked him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”

25 Jesus answered them, “I’ve told you, but you don’t believe me. The things that I do in my Father’s name testify on my behalf. 26 However, you don’t believe because you’re not my sheep. 27 My sheep respond to my voice, and I know who they are. They follow me, 28 and I give them eternal life. They will never be lost, and no one will tear them away from me. 29 My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than everyone else, and no one can tear them away from my Father. 30 The Father and I are one.”

31 The Jews had again brought some rocks to stone Jesus to death. 32 Jesus replied to them, “I’ve shown you many good things that come from the Father. For which of these good things do you want to stone me to death?”

33 The Jews answered Jesus, “We’re going to stone you to death, not for any good things you’ve done, but for dishonoring God. You claim to be God, although you’re only a man.”

34 Jesus said to them, “Don’t your Scriptures say, ‘I said, “You are gods” ’? 35 The Scriptures cannot be discredited. So if God calls people gods (and they are the people to whom he gave the Scriptures), 36 why do you say that I’m dishonoring God because I said, ‘I’m the Son of God’? God set me apart for this holy purpose and has sent me into the world. 37 If I’m not doing the things my Father does, don’t believe me. 38 But if I’m doing those things and you refuse to believe me, then at least believe the things that I’m doing. Then you will know and recognize that the Father is in me and that I am in the Father.”

39 The Jews tried to arrest Jesus again, but he got away from them. 40 He went back across the Jordan River and stayed in the place where John first baptized people.

41 Many people went to Jesus. They said, “John didn’t perform any miracles, but everything John said about this man is true.” 42 Many people there believed in Jesus.

Footnotes

  1. 10:14 The first part of verse 15 (in Greek) has been moved to verse 14 to express the complex Greek sentence structure more clearly in English.
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The Good Shepherd and His Sheep

10 “Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.(A) 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.(B) 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice.(C) He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.(D) 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.(E) 5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” 6 Jesus used this figure of speech,(F) but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.(G)

7 Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am(H) the gate(I) for the sheep. 8 All who have come before me(J) are thieves and robbers,(K) but the sheep have not listened to them. 9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.[a] They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,(L) and have it to the full.(M)

11 “I am(N) the good shepherd.(O) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.(P) 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.(Q) Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

14 “I am the good shepherd;(R) I know my sheep(S) and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father(T)—and I lay down my life for the sheep.(U) 16 I have other sheep(V) that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock(W) and one shepherd.(X) 17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life(Y)—only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord.(Z) I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”(AA)

19 The Jews who heard these words were again divided.(AB) 20 Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed(AC) and raving mad.(AD) Why listen to him?”

21 But others said, “These are not the sayings of a man possessed by a demon.(AE) Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”(AF)

Further Conflict Over Jesus’ Claims

22 Then came the Festival of Dedication[b] at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.(AG) 24 The Jews(AH) who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”(AI)

25 Jesus answered, “I did tell you,(AJ) but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me,(AK) 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.(AL) 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,(AM) and they follow me.(AN) 28 I give them eternal life,(AO) and they shall never perish;(AP) no one will snatch them out of my hand.(AQ) 29 My Father, who has given them to me,(AR) is greater than all[c];(AS) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”(AT)

31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him,(AU) 32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”

33 “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”(AV)

34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law,(AW) ‘I have said you are “gods”’[d]?(AX) 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God(AY) came—and Scripture cannot be set aside(AZ)— 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart(BA) as his very own(BB) and sent into the world?(BC) Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?(BD) 37 Do not believe me unless I do the works of my Father.(BE) 38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”(BF) 39 Again they tried to seize him,(BG) but he escaped their grasp.(BH)

40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan(BI) to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed, 41 and many people came to him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign,(BJ) all that John said about this man was true.”(BK) 42 And in that place many believed in Jesus.(BL)

Footnotes

  1. John 10:9 Or kept safe
  2. John 10:22 That is, Hanukkah
  3. John 10:29 Many early manuscripts What my Father has given me is greater than all
  4. John 10:34 Psalm 82:6
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