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The author of the book containing this chapter is <a href="/wiki/Anonymity" title="Anonymity">anonymous</a>, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that <a href="/wiki/John_the_Evangelist" title="John the Evangelist">John</a> composed this <a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Holman_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Holman-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This chapter records <a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus</a>' description of himself as the "door of the sheep" and the "<a href="/wiki/Good_Shepherd" title="Good Shepherd">Good Shepherd</a>", and contains the only mention of <a href="/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a>, "the Feast of Dedication", in the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Halley_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Halley-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_10&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Text"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Papyrus_6_(John_10,1-10).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Papyrus_6_%28John_10%2C1-10%29.jpg/250px-Papyrus_6_%28John_10%2C1-10%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Papyrus_6_%28John_10%2C1-10%29.jpg/375px-Papyrus_6_%28John_10%2C1-10%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Papyrus_6_%28John_10%2C1-10%29.jpg/500px-Papyrus_6_%28John_10%2C1-10%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1886" data-file-height="2332" /></a><figcaption>John 10:1-10 in <a href="/wiki/Papyrus_6" title="Papyrus 6">Papyrus 6</a>, written c. AD 350.</figcaption></figure> <p>The original text was written in <a href="/wiki/Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">This chapter is divided into</a> 42 verses. Some early <a href="/wiki/Biblical_manuscript" title="Biblical manuscript">manuscripts</a> containing the text of this chapter are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_75" title="Papyrus 75">Papyrus 75</a> (AD 175–225)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_66" title="Papyrus 66">Papyrus 66</a> (~ 200)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Codex Vaticanus</a> (325-350)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_6" title="Papyrus 6">Papyrus 6</a> (~ 350; extant: Greek verses 1–2, 4–7, 9–10; Coptic verses 1–12, 20)<sup id="cite_ref-Aland_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aland-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> (330-360)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Bezae" title="Codex Bezae">Codex Bezae</a> (~ 400)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Codex_Alexandrinus" title="Codex Alexandrinus">Codex Alexandrinus</a> (400-440)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Old_Testament_references">Old Testament references</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_10&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Old Testament references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#10:11" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 10:11</a>: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Isaiah#40:11" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Isaiah">Isaiah 40:11</a>, <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Ezekiel#34:23" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Ezekiel">Ezekiel 34:23</a><sup id="cite_ref-kingjamesbibleonline.org_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kingjamesbibleonline.org-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#10:22" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 10:22</a>: <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Maccabees#4:59" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/1 Maccabees">1 Maccabees 4:59</a><sup id="cite_ref-kingjamesbibleonline.org_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kingjamesbibleonline.org-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#10:34" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 10:34</a>: <a href="/wiki/Psalm_82" title="Psalm 82">Psalm</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Psalms#82:6" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Psalms">82:6</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kingjamesbibleonline.org_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kingjamesbibleonline.org-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places">Places</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_10&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Events recorded in this chapter refer to the following locations: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:22–39&version=nkjv">John 10:22–39</a>)</li> <li>The east bank of <a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a>, the place where <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a> was <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptizing</a> at first. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:40–42&version=nkjv">John 10:40–42</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_true_shepherd_illustration">The true shepherd illustration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_10&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The true shepherd illustration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In verses <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:1–5&version=nkjv">1–5</a>, Jesus uses a parable,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> illustration<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or "<a href="/wiki/Figure_of_speech" title="Figure of speech">figure of speech</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> regarding the manner in which a true shepherd enters his sheepfold, through the door or the gate, unlike the manner of a <a href="/wiki/Theft" title="Theft">thief</a> or a stranger. H. W. Watkins notes that "the word rendered 'parable' (in verse 6) is the wider word (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">παροιμία</span>, <i>paroimia</i>) which includes every kind of figurative and proverbial teaching, every kind of speech ... which departs from the usual course (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">οἶμος</span>, <i>oimos</i>)". The word παραβολα (<i>parabola</i>) is not used in John's Gospel.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jesus begins: </p> <dl><dd><i>Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.</i><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Pharisees" title="Pharisees">Pharisees</a> are not mentioned in the Greek text (λεγω υμιν,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>legō humin</i>, "I speak to you") but they are mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">New International Version</a> (NIV) in continuity with <a href="/wiki/John_9" title="John 9">John 9</a>:40, where "some Pharisees" had spoken with Jesus. The NIV and the <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem_Bible" title="Jerusalem Bible">Jerusalem Bible</a> also confirm in verse 6 that the Pharisees are the group Jesus is addressing.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JBb_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JBb-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> German Protestant theologian <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_August_Wilhelm_Meyer" title="Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer">Heinrich Meyer</a> argues that these verses continue from chapter 9 "without the slightest indication of a change having taken place", and that ideally the chapter break would have been inserted at John 9:35.<sup id="cite_ref-meyer_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meyer-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Henry_Alford_(theologian)" title="Henry Alford (theologian)">Henry Alford</a> likewise connects this <a href="/wiki/Pericope" title="Pericope">pericope</a> with <a href="/wiki/John_9" title="John 9">John 9:35-41</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In this illustration, the true shepherd "enters the sheepfold by the door" and "calls his own sheep by name and leads them out (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">ἐξάγει αὐτά</span>)" (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:1&version=nkjv">John 10:1,3</a>). The alternative way in, taken by the thief or stranger, is to "climb up some other way", i.e. to climb over the wall of the sheepfold.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The narrative is introduced "very truly" or "most assuredly".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jesus' audience ("they", verse 6) did not understand what he was saying, and did not understand that he was applying the reference to thieves and robbers (verse 1) to themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-JBb_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JBb-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In its reference to the shepherd leading the flock out of the sheepfold, verse 3 has the <a href="/wiki/Hapax_legomenon" title="Hapax legomenon">only occurrence</a> in the New Testament of the word ἐξάγει (<i>exagei</i>) ,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ethiopic" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethiopic">Ethiopic version</a> adds "and loves them" to verse 3.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_door_of_the_sheep_and_the_good_shepherd">The door of the sheep and the good shepherd</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_10&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The door of the sheep and the good shepherd"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In verse 7, Jesus "feels compelled" to start again (πάλιν, <i>palin</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-meyer_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meyer-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He describes himself here and in verse 9 as "the door of the sheep",<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:11&version=nkjv">10:11</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:14&version=nkjv">10:14</a> as "the <a href="/wiki/Good_shepherd" class="mw-redirect" title="Good shepherd">good shepherd</a>". The word in <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">θύρα</span> is translated as "door" in the <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James Version</a> and the <a href="/wiki/American_Standard_Version" title="American Standard Version">American Standard Version</a>, but as "gate" in the <a href="/wiki/New_Revised_Standard_Version" title="New Revised Standard Version">New Revised Standard Version</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Common_English_Bible" title="Common English Bible">Common English Bible</a> and other translations.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In verse 7, the <a href="/wiki/Textus_Receptus" title="Textus Receptus">Textus Receptus</a> adds that Jesus said <i>to them</i> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">αὐτοῖς</span>) but this addition is generally agreed to be "of doubtful authority".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Verse_21">Verse 21</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_10&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Verse 21"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Others said, "These are not the words of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"</i><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>This verse further reiterates the continuity between this chapter and the dialogue following the <a href="/wiki/Healing_of_the_man_born_blind" class="mw-redirect" title="Healing of the man born blind">healing of the man born blind</a> in John 9.<sup id="cite_ref-meyer_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meyer-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Feast_of_Dedication">The Feast of Dedication</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_10&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The Feast of Dedication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Verse 22 refers to <a href="/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a>: </p> <dl><dd><i>Now it was the <a href="/wiki/Feast_of_Dedication" class="mw-redirect" title="Feast of Dedication">Feast of Dedication</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, and it was winter.</i><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>The feast (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">τὰ ἐγκαίνια</span>, <i>ta egkainia</i>) recalls the <a href="/wiki/Maccabean" class="mw-redirect" title="Maccabean">Maccabean</a> purification and re-dedication of the Temple, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Maccabees+4:36–51&version=nabre">1 Maccabees 4:36–51</a>. The narrative moves forward from the <a href="/wiki/Feast_of_Tabernacles" class="mw-redirect" title="Feast of Tabernacles">Feast of Tabernacles</a>, when the events and teaching from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+7:14&version=nkjv">John 7:14</a> to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:21&version=nkjv">10:21</a> appear to take place.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the intervening two months, there is no account of whether Jesus remained in Jerusalem or not. In <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+7:40&version=nkjv">John 7:40</a> we read that Jesus "went away again beyond the Jordan". Meyer identifies a number of commentators who have suggested that there was an additional "journey to <a href="/wiki/Galilee" title="Galilee">Galilee</a> or <a href="/wiki/Peraea" class="mw-redirect" title="Peraea">Peraea</a>" before the feast of dedication, although he himself considers that these suggestions are "dictated by <a href="/wiki/Gospel_harmony" title="Gospel harmony">harmonistic</a> presuppositions and clumsy combinations, ... and not by the requirements of <a href="/wiki/Biblical_exegesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Biblical exegesis">exegesis</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-meyer_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meyer-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jesus walked in the temple, in <a href="/wiki/Solomon%27s_Porch" title="Solomon's Porch">Solomon’s porch</a> or colonnade,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a gathering place used by the early church (see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+3:11&version=nkjv">Acts 3:11</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+5:12&version=nkjv">5:12</a>) located on the eastern side of the temple.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_believers_beyond_the_Jordan">The believers beyond the Jordan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_10&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: The believers beyond the Jordan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The chapter ends with Jesus evading Jewish attempts to stone him (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:31&version=nkjv">John 10:31,39</a>) and then leaving Jerusalem (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:40&version=nkjv">John 10:40</a>) and traveling "beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptizing at first" (<a href="/wiki/Perea_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Perea (region)">Perea</a>). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+19:1&version=nkjv">Matthew 19:1</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+10:1&version=nkjv">Mark 10:1</a> similarly record that Jesus traveled "to the region of Judea by the other side of the Jordan", but in the <a href="/wiki/Synoptic_Gospels" title="Synoptic Gospels">synoptic tradition</a> He had previously been in <a href="/wiki/Capernaum" title="Capernaum">Capernaum</a> rather than Jerusalem. Perea was a region where many people "came to the decision that He was the Messiah" (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:42&version=nkjv">John 10:42</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Living_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="Living Bible">Living Bible</a> translation). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_10&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_Christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus Christ">Jesus Christ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon%27s_Porch" title="Solomon's Porch">Solomon's Porch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itala_Mela#The_Trinitarian_Indwelling" title="Itala Mela">Trinitarian indwelling</a> (related to John 10:38)</li> <li>Related <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> parts: <a href="/wiki/Psalm_23" title="Psalm 23">Psalm 23</a>, <a href="/wiki/Psalm_82" title="Psalm 82">Psalm 82</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ezekiel_34" title="Ezekiel 34">Ezekiel 34</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_10&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Holman-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Holman_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 28,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Book+of+Psalms%3A+with+Introduction+and+Notes&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.series=The+Cambridge+Bible+for+Schools+and+Colleges&rft.pages=839&rft.pub=At+the+University+Press&rft.date=1901&rft.aulast=Kirkpatrick&rft.aufirst=A.+F.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DSLJzlHElr6cC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+10" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John 10:6, <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James Version</a> and <a href="/wiki/Authorised_Version" class="mw-redirect" title="Authorised Version">Authorised Version</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:6&version=nkjv">John 10:6</a>, New King James Version and <a href="/wiki/God%27s_Word_Translation" title="God's Word Translation">God's Word Translation</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.esv.org/John+10:6">John 10:6</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_Standard_Version" title="English Standard Version">English Standard Version</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Watkins, H. W. (1905), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/ellicott/john/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a> on John 10, accessed 17 May 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:John%2010:1">John 10:1</a>: <a href="/wiki/New_International_Version" title="New International Version">New International Version</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:1&version=whnu">John 10:1</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Westcott-Hort_New_Testament&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Westcott-Hort New Testament (page does not exist)">Westcott-Hort New Testament</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=niv:John%2010:6">John 10:6</a>: NIV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JBb-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-JBb_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-JBb_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jerusalem Bible (1966), Footnote b at John 10:6</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-meyer-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-meyer_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-meyer_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-meyer_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-meyer_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Meyer, H. A. W. (1880), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/meyer/john/10.htm">Meyer's NT Commentary</a> on John 10, translated from the German sixth edition, accessed 25 May 2019</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alford, H., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/alford/john/10.htm">Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary - Alford</a> on John 10, accessed 12 August 2022</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblica.com/bible/?osis=amp:John%2010:1">John 10:1</a>: <a href="/wiki/Amplified_Bible" title="Amplified Bible">Amplified Bible</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:1&version=nkjv">John 10:1</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/exagei_1806.htm">Englishman's Concordance</a>, accessed 18 May 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/John_Gill_(theologian)" title="John Gill (theologian)">Gill, J.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/gill/john/10.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a> on John 10, accessed 18 May 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:7&version=nkjv">John 10:7</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Translations accessed at <a href="/wiki/BibleGateway.com" class="mw-redirect" title="BibleGateway.com">BibleGateway.com</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Plummer, A., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/john/10.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a> on John 10, cf. Watkins, H. W., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/ellicott/john/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a> on John 10, both accessed 24 May 2016</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:21&version=nkjv">John 10:21</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:22&version=nkjv">John 10:22</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Benson" title="Joseph Benson">Benson, J.</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/john/10.htm">Benson's Commentary</a> on John 10, accessed 25 May 2019</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+10:23&version=nkjv">John 10:23</a>: NKJV</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Plummer, A., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/john/10.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a> on John 10, accessed 15 August 2022. Note Plummer's reference to <i>John 5:12</i> is errorneous</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_10&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John#10:1" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/John">John 10</a> King James Bible - Wikisource</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=1&b=4&c=10">"English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate"</a>.</cite><span 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6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_7" title="John 7">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_8" title="John 8">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_9" title="John 9">9</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_11" title="John 11">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_12" title="John 12">12</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Glory" class="mw-redirect" title="Book of Glory">Book of Glory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_13" title="John 13">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_14" title="John 14">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_15" title="John 15">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_16" title="John 16">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_17" title="John 17">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_18" title="John 18">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_19" title="John 19">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_20" title="John 20">20</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_21" title="John 21">Epilogue: 21</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Gospel_of_John_verses" title="Category:Gospel of John verses">Verses</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_1:1" title="John 1:1">John 1:1</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:20" title="John 1:20">20</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_1:23" title="John 1:23">23</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_1:25" title="John 1:25">25</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:33" title="John 1:33">33</a>; <a href="/wiki/John_1:35" title="John 1:35">35</a>–<a href="/wiki/John_1:42" title="John 1:42">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_3:16" title="John 3:16">3:16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Via_et_veritas_et_vita" title="Via et veritas et vita">14:6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_18:38" title="John 18:38">18:38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:John_20" title="Category:John 20">20:1–31</a></li></ul> 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and the woman taken in adultery">Jesus and the woman taken in adultery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_walking_on_water" title="Jesus walking on water">Walking on water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raising_of_Lazarus" class="mw-redirect" title="Raising of Lazarus">Raising of Lazarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anointing_of_Jesus" title="Anointing of Jesus">Anointing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maundy_(foot_washing)" title="Maundy (foot washing)">Foot washing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passion_of_Jesus" title="Passion of Jesus">Passion of Jesus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last_Supper" title="Last Supper">Last Supper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farewell_Discourse" title="Farewell Discourse">Farewell Discourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burial_of_Jesus" title="Burial of Jesus">Burial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empty_tomb" title="Empty tomb">Empty tomb</a></li> <li><a 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Commandment">"Love one another"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_wept" title="Jesus wept">Jesus wept</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noli_me_tangere" title="Noli me tangere">Noli me tangere</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quod_scripsi,_scripsi" title="Quod scripsi, scripsi">Quod scripsi, scripsi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/That_they_all_may_be_one" title="That they all may be one">That they all may be one</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Via_et_veritas_et_vita" title="Via et veritas et vita">Via et veritas et vita</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_truth_will_set_you_free" title="The truth will set you free">The truth will set you free</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_the_Apostle" title="Andrew the Apostle">Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annas" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee" title="Sea of Galilee">Sea of Galilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon%27s_Porch" title="Solomon's Porch">Solomon's Porch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shechem" title="Shechem">Sychar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">"<a href="/wiki/Ego_eimi" title="Ego eimi">I AM</a>" sayings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/I_am_(biblical_term)" title="I am (biblical term)">I am (biblical term)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bread_of_Life_Discourse" title="Bread of Life Discourse">Bread of Life</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_of_the_World" title="Light of the World">Light of the World</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gate for the Sheep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Shepherd" title="Good Shepherd">Good Shepherd</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/John_11" title="John 11">Resurrectio et Vita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Via_et_veritas_et_vita" title="Via et veritas et vita">Via et veritas et vita</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Vine" title="True Vine">True Vine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Johannine_works" title="Authorship of the Johannine works">Authorship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johannine_community" title="Johannine community">Johannine community</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Apostle" title="John the Apostle">John the Apostle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Evangelist" title="John the Evangelist">John the Evangelist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannine_literature" title="Johannine literature">Johannine literature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit_in_Johannine_literature" title="Holy Spirit in Johannine literature">Holy Spirit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textual_variants_in_the_Gospel_of_John" title="Textual variants in the Gospel of John">Textual variants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apocryphon_of_John" title="Apocryphon of John">Apocryphon of John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Apocalypse_of_John" title="Second Apocalypse of John">Second Apocalypse of John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_John_(Pillar_New_Testament_Commentary)" title="The Gospel According to John (Pillar New Testament Commentary)">Pillar New Testament Commentary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adaptations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion" title="St John Passion">St John Passion</a></i> (J. S. Bach, 1724) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion_structure" title="St John Passion structure">Structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_John_Passion_discography" title="St John Passion discography">Discography</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Passio_(P%C3%A4rt)" title="Passio (Pärt)">Passio</a></i> (Pärt, 1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_of_John_(2003_film)" title="The Gospel of John (2003 film)">The Gospel of John</a></i> (2003 film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_of_John_(2014_film)" title="The Gospel of John (2014 film)">The Gospel of John</a></i> (2014 film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manuscripts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_2" title="Papyrus 2">Papyrus 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Papyrus 5">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_6" title="Papyrus 6">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_22" title="Papyrus 22">22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_28" title="Papyrus 28">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_36" title="Papyrus 36">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_39" title="Papyrus 39">39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_44" title="Papyrus 44">44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_45" title="Papyrus 45">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rylands_Library_Papyrus_P52" title="Rylands Library Papyrus P52">52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_55" title="Papyrus 55">55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_59" title="Papyrus 59">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_60" title="Papyrus 60">60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_63" title="Papyrus 63">63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_66" title="Papyrus 66">66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_75" title="Papyrus 75">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_76" title="Papyrus 76">76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_80" title="Papyrus 80">80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_84" title="Papyrus 84">84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_90" title="Papyrus 90">90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_93" title="Papyrus 93">93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_95" title="Papyrus 95">95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_106" title="Papyrus 106">106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_107" title="Papyrus 107">107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_108" title="Papyrus 108">108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_109" title="Papyrus 109">109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_119" title="Papyrus 119">119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_120" title="Papyrus 120">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_121" title="Papyrus 121">121</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_122" title="Papyrus 122">122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papyrus_128" title="Papyrus 128">128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohrid_Glagolitic_fragments" title="Ohrid Glagolitic fragments">Ohrid Glagolitic fragments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/el:%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC_%CE%99%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CE%BD" class="extiw" title="wikisource:el:Κατά Ιωάννην">Greek Text</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/la:Biblia_Sacra_Vulgata_(Stuttgartensia)/Ioannes" class="extiw" title="wikisource:la:Biblia Sacra Vulgata (Stuttgartensia)/Ioannes">Latin Vulgate</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (Wycliffe)/John">Wycliffe Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/John">King James Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/John">American Standard Version</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(World_English)/John" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Bible (World English)/John">World English Version</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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