Bible Strands
John 10:9
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the Jewish leaders in the sheepfold discourse, positioned between his dismissal of prior claimants as thieves (v. 8) and his statement of the thief's purpose (v. 10).
The words — θὺρα (thura) is the Greek word used, which means "door," not "gate" as the BSB renders it. A door is a single point of entry, not an open archway.
The thread — John 14:6 makes the same exclusive claim ("No one comes to the Father except through Me"), and Ephesians 2:18 echoes the access motif ("through Him we both have access to the Father").
Why it lands — The verse offers no alternative route and no partial access; it asks the reader to decide whether they will enter through this one point or remain outside.
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The Greek words
King James Version
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Cross-references
- John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- Ephesians 2:18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- John 10:7 So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
- John 10:1 “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
- Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Psalms 100:3 Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
- Psalms 95:7 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
- Psalms 23:1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Isaiah 40:11 He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
- Isaiah 49:9 to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.