John Chapter 10
From Chapter 9:
39) And Yahushua said: Who and What I am is now becoming known to this order of things... to the order that is inherent in all mankind... so that this wrong state or condition of existence can be condemned; and so that those, who do not have the power of understanding Yahweh's Truth, Reality and Order, can comprehend... can understand... with the eyes of their mind; and, I have also come so that they who believe that they understand all things because of their experiences in a life that is based on an earthy, sensual comprehension... can be made blind... 5185 tuphlos {tuof-los'} - mentally blind.
40) And those who were of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words and said to Him: Are we also mentally blind?
41) Yahushua said to them: If you were mentally blind... if you were able to recognise that you are unable to comprehend Yahweh's True Order... then you would not be in a condition of sin against Yahweh's order for all things; but since you, at this time, consider yourselves to able to collectively say: We comprehend and understand what is right and wrong within the order of things that we profess to be a part of... for this reason your sin... your condition of error... your state of existence that is not "as it ought to be" remains... Since you think you already know everything about Yahweh and His Order, you are blind, and you remain rebellious against Yahweh because you cannot be taught by Yahweh about His Order...
1) Truly I tell you; Anyone who does not enter into the enclosed area where the sheep are kept and guarded at night by passing through the doorway, but instead climbs up some other way, is a thief... 2812 kleptes {klep'-tace} - someone who appropriates something fraudulently for their own use... the name is transferred to false teachers, who do not care to instruct men, but abuse the confidence placed in them and what they teach for their own gain... and robber... 3027 lestes {lace-tace'} - a plunderer, someone who goes about searching for the opportunity to take things by using force
Origin: from leizomai (to plunder)
2) But the one who enters in through the door of the enclosure where the sheep are kept and guarded is the shepherd of the sheep.
3) The porter... 2377 thuroros {thoo-ro-ros'} - the doorkeeper... the watcher who guards the doorway... opens the door for him; and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name; and leads them out;
4) And when he brings them out of the sheepfold, he leads them by going in front of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice... 5456 phone {fo-nay'} - His sound... His speech... His language...;
5) And they will not follow a stranger... 245 allotrios {al-lot'-ree-os} - they will not follow the leading of someone who belongs to another order... they will not follow a foriegner... they will not follow someone who not of their own family, who is an alien, or, an enemy...; but will run from him because they do not know... 1492 eido {i-do'} - they do not recognize... they do not understand... they don't know what to do with... the voice... 5456 phone {fo-nay'} - the sound... the speech... the language... the dialect... the sound... of strangers... of anyone who belongs to another order... anyone who is not of their own family...anyone who is a foriegner, an alien, or an enemy...
6) Yahshua spoke this parable to them; but they did not understand the meaning of the things that He spoke to them.
7) Then Yahshua spoke to them again: Truly I tell you; I am the door... 2374 thura {thoo'-rah} - I am the doorway... I am the entranceway... for the sheep.
8) All of those who rose up in stature and became established and gained influence as leaders who are to be followed; and who taught of Yawheh's Order before I came are thieves... 2812 kleptes {klep'-tace} - they are false teachers... and robbers... 3027 lestes {lace-tace'} - they are those who take what is not theirs by force for their own use...; but the sheep... but those within mankind who are mine, and who recognise me; and who are unable to mentally grasp and comprehend Yahweh's Order for themselves... did not hear... 191 akouo {ak-oo'-o} - did not understand... did not comprehend... did not learn from... them.
9) I am the door... I am the doorway... I am the entranceway into the enclosure where the sheep are kept in safety during the time of darkness...; and If any one enters this enclosure of safety through me, he/she will be safe... safe from being in a state of grave, perilous danger and destruction... safe from a condemning judgment..., and he/she will be able to enter the sheepfold... the enclosure... and leave... while being led by the true shepherd of the sheep..., and find pasture... food... fodder... pasturage... he/she will not lack the necessities for true, real life that is "as it ought to be"...
10) The thief... the false teacher... only comes to steal... the false teacher's only purpose is to take away... to lead astray... those who do not belong to him/her through stealth and cunning deceit... and to kill... to sacrifice, to slaughter sacrificial victims... those who are sacrificed for the false teachers own gain... and to destroy... to render the sheep useless, to abolish the sheep, to put them out of the way entirely, to cause the loss of the sheep...; I am come... I have been caused to exist... I now appear in history... within the scope and magnitude of time... so that they... so that the sheep... can have... can own... can possess... life, and so that they can own, or possess more of an advantage toward true excellence; and so that they can become a part of what is much more superior; and so that they would be able to be a part of the exceeding abundance that is Yahweh's True Order for all things.
11) I am the good shepherd; The good shepherd gives... 5087 tithemi {tith'-ay-mee} - lays down... sets aside... His life... His existence within the Order that is truly life... and His existence within the physical, sensual order that mankind is made of... for the sake of the sheep.
12) But he who is a hired servant... But when any of those who had risen up by their own endeavors in order to get gain of some kind in past history as leaders and influential teachers of Yahweh's Order..., none of whom is the shepherd, and are those to whom the sheep do not belong, when any of those see a wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf catches them; and the rest of the sheep scatter in blind terror and confusion in all directions.
13) The hired servant runs, because he is a hired hand, and does not care for the sheep.
14) I am the good shepherd; and I know... I perceive... I have an intimate knowledge of... I understand... those who are mine, and I am known... I am recognized... I am perceived for Who and What I am; and I am trusted... by those who are mine.
15) Just as the Father knows... feels, perceives, intimately understands... me, I, likewise, know... I perceive, and intimately understand) my Father; and I lay down... I set aside... I lay down... I establish... my life for... in behalf of... for the sake of... the sheep.
16) And other sheep do I have... I own... I possess..., which are not of this fold; and I must also bring them; and they also will hear... recognize... acknowledge and trust... my voice... my sound or tone, my speech... my language..., and there will be one sheepfold, one shepherd.
17) It is for this reason that my Father loves me. Because I lay down... Because I set aside... my life... My existence within the Order that is truly life... and my existence within the physical, sensual order that mankind is made of... so that I can take it up again... So that I can pick it up... so that I can get it back...so that I can take hold of it again... - so that I can resume my existence within the Order that truly is life again...
18) No man takes my life away from me; but I lay it it down from within my own self. I have the power... 1849 exousia {ex-oo-see'-ah} - I possess the liberty of doing as I please... I have the power of making my own choice... I have the authority... I have the right... to lay my life down; and I have power... 1849 exousia... to take... 2983 lambano {lam-ban'-o} - to pick it up... to get it back... to take hold of... it again. I have received this commandment from my Father.
19) There was a division for this reason among those of the order of the Jews because of these sayings.
20) And many of them said: He has a devil... 1140 daimonion {dahee-mon'-ee-on} - an evil spirit... a messenger or servant of the devil within him... and he is mad... 3105 mainomai {mah'ee-nom-ahee} - he speaks in a manner that shows that he is not in his right mind... Why are you even listening to Him?
21) Others said: These are not the words of one who has a devil... 1140 daimonion {dahee-mon'-ee-on} - an evil spirit... a messenger or servant of the devil within him... Can a demon or evil spirit open the eyes of the blind?
22) Moreover... more than what I have just written of... what I bear record of now took place at Yerushalem, during the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
"feast of the dedication"
1456 egkainia {eng-kah'-ee-nee-ah} - dedication, consecration; in particular, this is referencing the annual feast which is celebrated for eight days beginning in the 25th of Chislev (in the middle of December according to the Roman Calendar), which was instituted by Judas Maccabaeus [at around 164 BC] in memory of the cleansing of the temple from the pollution of Antiochus Epiphanes...
23) And Yahushua walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24) Then those who were of the ruling religious order of the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him: How long are you going to cause us to doubt? If you are the Anointed One, then tell us plainly.
25) Yahushua answered them: I told you, and you did not believe; The works... the labors... the deeds... that I do... that I make... that I produce... the actions that I perform... they bear witness of me.
26) But you do not believe, because none of you are of my sheep, as I have told you.
27) My sheep hear... my sheep recognize... my sheep acknowledge and trust... my voice... my sound... the noise that I make... the language that I speak... and I know... I feel... I perceive and recognise... I understand... I comprehend... them, and they follow... 190 akoloutheo {ak-ol-oo-theh'-o} - they accompany... me.... they follow me wherever I lead them...;
28) And I give to them eternal life; and they will never perish... 622 apollumi {ap-ol'-loo-mee} - they will never be destroyed... they will never become abolished... they will never be put an end to... they will never be lost...; and neither will anyone pluck them... 726 harpazo {har-pad'-zo} - and no one will be able to seize them... snatch them... carry them off by force... from out of my hand.
29) My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all else that exists; and no one is able to pluck... 726 harpazo {har-pad'-zo} - snatch... seize... force... anything or anyone out of my Father's hand.
30) My Father and I are one... My Father and I have one inherent nature... we exist as one... we are truly in one accord...
31) Then those who were there that were of the ruling religious order of the Jews picked up stones to stone Him with.
32) Yahushua answered them: Many good works... deeds... labors.. products or fruits produced... have I showed to you that are from my Father. Which of those works are you stoning me for?
33) They who were of the order of the Jews answered Him, saying: We do not stone you because of doing a good deed, but because of blasphemy... 988 blasphemia {blas-fay-me'ah} - for slandering... for speaking in a manner that is injurious to G_D's... Ha Shem's... we dare not say His good name... the name, nature, and reputation of Yahweh..., and because you, being a man, make yourself out to be Elohim
34) Yahshua answered them: Is it not written in your law; I said, you are elohim?
A quote from Psalm 82:1-8
Yahweh stands in the congregation of the mighty; He judges among the elohim. How long will you, who are rulers and judges amongst the people, judge unjustly, and accept the outward appearance of the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver (rescue) the poor and needy; remove them out of the hand of the wicked. They... the wicked... know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are out of course. I have said, Ye are elohim; and all of you are children of the most High. But instead, even though this has been said by me, you will die like men, and fall like one of the princes. Arise, O Yahweh, judge the earth: for you will inherit all nations.
35) Now, if he called them elohim to whom the word of the Sovereign Elohim came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36) Then do you dare to say to Him whom the Father has sanctified... He whom Yahweh has acknowledged and separated as being free from sin..., and whom He has sent into the world... into the order of things that all mankind is made of...: You blaspheme... 988 blasphemia {blas-fay-me'ah} - You slander... You speak in a manner that is injurious to G_D's... Ha Shem's... we dare not say His good name... You speak in a manner that is injurious to the name, nature, and reputation of Yahweh... You say that to me because I said that I am the Son of the Soveriegn Elohim?
37) If I do not labor at the business of my Father, then do not believe me.
38) But if I do; then even though you do not believe me, believe the deeds that are being done, so that you can know and believe that the Father is in/with/within me, and that I am in/with/within Him.
39) Because Yahushua spoke these things in this manner to them they attempted again to capture Him; But He instead escaped from them,
40) And went away again to the other side of Jordan to the place where John had first immersed people who came to repentance, and He stayed there.
41) And many travelled and came to Him and said: John did not do any miracles, but all of the things that John spoke of concerning this man were true.
42) And many believed on... pistueo {pist-yoo'-o} - many placed their confidence and trust in Him and what he taught them... there.
