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Joh 10:11. Ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, the Good Shepherd) He, concerning whom it was foretold by the prophets. The Shepherd, whose peculiar property the sheep are: good, as being the One who lays down His life for the sheep; also as being He to whom they are an object of care, Joh 10:13, “The hireling careth not for the sheep.” In our day, they who tend for pay the flocks of one town, or one village, are called pastors; but in this passage the signification of the term, pastor, is more noble. [The whole and complete office of Christ is contained in this parabolic discourse concerning the pastor and the door.-V. g.]-τίθησιν, lays down) This is five times said, thereby there being expressed the greatest force. In this, the highest benefit, all the remaining benefits conferred by the Shepherd are presupposed, included, and are to be inferred [Isa 53:10; Isa 53:6, When Thou shall make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His clays, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand: All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way: and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all],-ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων, for the sheep) Christ here declares what kind of a shepherd He evinces Himself towards the sheep: for which reason, it cannot be inferred from this, that He did not die also for the rest of men.