John 10:5
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
KJV
ἀλλοτρίῳ δὲ οὐ μὴ ἀκολουθήσουσιν, ἀλλὰ φεύξονται ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι οὐκ οἴδασιν τῶν ἀλλοτρίων τὴν φωνήν.
Greek NT
Alienum autem non sequuntur, sed fugiunt ab eo : quia non noverunt vocem alienorum.
Vulgate
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
ASV
But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
φεύγω
pheugo
verb · 30×
φωνή
phone
noun · 139×
ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheo
verb · 91×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀλλότριος
allotrios
adjective · 14×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: ἀκολουθήσουσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀκολουθήσουσιν | RP: ἀκολουθήσωσιν
- ἀκολουθήσουσιν — SBLGNT
- ἀκολουθήσουσιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἀκολουθήσωσιν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Parable
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§754"The Church is, accordingly, a sheepfold, the sole and necessary gateway to which is Christ. It is also the flock of which God himself foretold that he would be the shepherd, and whose sheep, even though governed by human shepherds, are unfailingly nourished and led by Christ himself, the Good Shepherd and Prince of Shepherds, who gave his life for his sheep.146
§37Because Christ is so exalted, He alone by every right rules and governs the Church; and herein is yet another reason why He must be likened to a head. As the head is the "royal citadel" of the body [50] - to use the words of Ambrose - and all the members over whom it is placed for their good [51] are naturally guided by it as being endowed with superior powers, so the Divine Re…
Cross-references
- 1John 4:5 — They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
- Col 2:6 — As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
- Eph 4:11 — And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
- Mark 4:24 — And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
- Prov 19:27 — Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
- Prov 19:27 — Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
- Rev 2:2 — I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: