John 10:8
“All that euer came before me, are theeues and robbers: but the sheepe did not heare them.”
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John 10:8 Context
6This parable spake Iesus vnto them: but they vnderstood not what things they were which he spake vnto them. 7Then said Iesus vnto them againe, Uerily, verily I say vnto you, I am the doore of the sheepe. 8All that euer came before me, are theeues and robbers: but the sheepe did not heare them. 9I am the doore by me if any man enter in, he shall be saued, and shall goe in and out, and find pasture. 10The theefe commeth not, but for to steale and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might haue life, and that they might haue it more abundantly.
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Other Translations for John 10:8
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
- King James Version
"All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
- American Standard Version (1901)
All who came before me are thieves and outlaws: but the sheep did not give ear to them.
- Basic English Bible
All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
- Darby Bible
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
- Webster's Bible
All who have come before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep would not listen to them.
- Weymouth Bible
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
- World English Bible
As many as han come, weren nyyt theues and day theues, but the scheep herden not hem.
- Wycliffe Bible
all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for John 10:8
10:8 Whosoever are come - Independently of me, assuming any part of my character, pretending, like your elders and rabbis, to a power over the consciences of men, attempting to make laws in the Church, and to teach their own traditions as the way of salvation: all those prophets and expounders of God's word, that enter not by the door of the sheepfold, but run before I have sent them by my Spirit. Our Lord seems in particular to speak of those that had undertaken this office since he began his ministry, are thieves - Stealing temporal profit to themselves, and robbers - Plundering and murdering the sheep.
People's Bible Notes for John 10:8
Joh 10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers. Abbott holds that the idea is "All who came, not entering through the door, but claiming to be before me, having the precedence, independent of me, are thieves and robbers". This seems to harmonize with the context, and is probably the Savior's meaning. He included the Jewish rabbis, the Greek philosophers, the pretended prophets, and the "Infallible Pope". These all refuse to bow to his authority. But the sheep did not hear them. The true sheep.