What Does John 10:1 Mean in the King James?
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The way someone enters reveals whether they come to guard the flock or take from it.
THE MEANING
The route of approach exposes what is moving through it: the one who climbs in another way comes as a taker, not as a shepherd. The boundary protects a living flock, and the manner of approach is already part of what the verse reveals.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
A claim to care for the flock makes any approach trustworthy.
THE ROOT
θύρα
thyra
GROWS FROM
θύρ-
door, doorway, or opening
The word’s family includes both a door and a doorkeeper, tying the threshold to the one who guards it. The verse’s boundary is not an arbitrary obstacle: the way through it reveals whether the approach belongs with the flock’s care.
ALSO GROWS
thyra: door, doorway
θύρα
This is the entrance the verse sets against climbing in by another route.
thyrōros: doorkeeper, gatekeeper
θυρωρός
The related word for the one who tends the entrance appears in the next verse, linking the threshold to recognized care.
thyris: window, small opening
θυρίς
This related word names another kind of opening, sharpening the contrast between entering through the door and finding another way in.
THE PATTERN
The way a shepherd approaches the flock reveals whether the vulnerable are being cared for or used for gain.
But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.THE THREAD
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.The same Greek word, θύρα (thyra, “door”), returns when Yeshua names himself as the entrance. The threshold in this verse opens into a person, joining the flock’s safety with the way by which it enters and finds pasture.
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