John 10:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So Jesus said to them again, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the door for the sheep.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν οὖν πάλιν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ θύρα τῶν προβάτων.

Transliteration

Eipen oun palin to them the Iēsous, Amēn, amēn, legō to you, that Egō eimi the thyra of the probatōn.

Grammar Details

• *Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke
• *oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore/so
• *palin*: adverb - again/once more
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *Amēn*: Hebrew term used as emphatic affirmation - truly/verily
• *legō*: present active indicative, 1st person singular - I say/tell
• *Egō eimi*: present active indicative, 1st person singular with pronoun - I am
• *thyra*: nominative, feminine, singular - door/gate
• *probatōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - of sheep

Word Meanings

• *Eipen*: said/spoke/told
• *oun*: therefore/so/then
• *palin*: again/once more/back
• *Iēsous*: Jesus
• *Amēn*: truly/verily/amen
• *legō*: say/tell/speak
• *Egō eimi*: I am/I exist
• *thyra*: door/gate/entrance
• *probatōn*: sheep

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then Jesus said to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then sayde Iesus vnto them agayne. Verely verely I saye vnto you: I am the dore of the shepe.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde Iesus vnto them agayne: Verely verely I saye vnto you: I am the dore of the shepe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then sayd Iesus vnto them againe, Verely, verely I say vnto you, I am that doore of the sheepe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then sayde Iesus vnto them againe. Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you: I am the doore of the sheepe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then said Jesus unto them again, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most assuredly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Jesus said therefore again to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you -- I am the door of the sheep;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So Jesus said again, Truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So Jesus said again,“I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.

Referenced Verses

• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'
• Eph 2:18 : 18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
• John 10:9 : 9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, they will be saved; they will come in and go out, and find pasture.
• John 10:1 : 1 Truly, truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way is a thief and a robber.
• Heb 10:19-22 : 19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, His body, 21 and since we have a great high priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
• Luke 15:4-6 : 4 What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully places it on his shoulders. 6 And coming home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.'
• Ps 79:13 : 13 Then we, Your people and the sheep of Your pasture, will give thanks to You forever; from generation to generation, we will proclaim Your praise.
• Ps 95:7 : 7 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
• Ps 100:3 : 3 Know that the Lord is God. He made us, and we are His; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture.
• Isa 53:6 : 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray; each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• Ezek 34:31 : 31 You are My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord GOD.