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The door (hē thura). Repeated from Joh 10:7.
By me if any man enter in (di' emou ean tis eiselthēi). Condition of third class with ean and second aorist active subjunctive of eiserchomai. Note proleptic and emphatic position of di' emou. One can call this narrow intolerance, if he will, but it is the narrowness of truth. If Jesus is the Son of God sent to earth for our salvation, he is the only way. He had already said it in Joh 5:23. He will say it again more sharply in Joh 14:6. It is unpalatable to the religious dogmatists before him as it is to the liberal dogmatists today. Jesus offers the open door to “any one” (tis) who is willing (thelei) to do God’s will (Joh 7:17).
He shall be saved (sōthēsetai). Future passive of sōzō, the great word for salvation, from sōs, safe and sound. The sheep that comes into the fold through Jesus as the door will be safe from thieves and robbers for one thing. He will have entrance (eisleusetai) and outgo (exeleusetai), he will be at home in the daily routine (cf. Act 1:21) of the sheltered flock.
And shall find pasture (kai nomēn heurēsei). Future (linear future) indicative of heuriskō, old word from nemō, to pasture. In N.T. only here and 2Ti 2:17 (in sense of growth). This same phrase occurs in 1Ch 4:40. The shepherd leads the sheep to pasture, but this phrase pictures the joy of the sheep in the pasture provided by the shepherd.