SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:27
Mis ovejas oyen mi voz, y yo las conozco, y me siguen;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 10:27
Verse 27. My sheep hear my voice] But ye will not hear:-my sheep follow me; but ye will neither follow nor acknowledge me. Any person who reads without prejudice may easily see, that our Lord does not at all insinuate that these persons could not believe, because God had made it impossible to them; but simply because they did not hear and follow Christ, which the whole of our blessed Lord's discourse proves that they might have done. The sheep of Christ are not those who are included in any eternal decree, to the exclusion of others from the yearnings of the bowels of eternal mercy; but they are those who hear, believe in, follow, and obey the saviour of the world.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 27. My sheep hear my voice , etc.] The voice of Christ in his Gospel, both externally and internally; (see Gill on John 10:4), (see Gill on John 10:16); and since therefore these Jews did not, it was a plain case they were not of his sheep: and I know them ; (see Gill on John 10:14); but Christ knew not these as the elect of God, or as the Fathers gift to him, and therefore they could not be his sheep: and they follow me ; both in the exercise of grace, and in the discharge of duty, and whithersoever he the good shepherd leads them; (see Gill on John 10:3), (see Gill on John 10:4). But now, whereas these Jews did not follow Christ, but turned their backs on him, and rejected him, it was notorious that they were none of his sheep; but both happy and safe are those persons, that are the sheep of Christ, as appears from what is next said of them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 22-30 - All who have any thing to say to Christ, may find him in the temple Christ would make us to believe; we make ourselves doubt. The Jew understood his meaning, but could not form his words into a full charg against him. He described the gracious disposition and happy state of his sheep; they heard and believed his word, followed him as his faithful disciples, and none of them should perish; for the Son and the Father were one. Thus he was able to defend his sheep against all their enemies, which proves that he claimed Divine power and perfectio equally with the Father.
Greek Textus Receptus
τα 3588 T-NPN προβατα 4263 N-NPN τα 3588 T-NPN εμα 1699 S-1NPN της 3588 T-GSF φωνης 5456 N-GSF μου 3450 P-1GS ακουει 191 5719 V-PAI-3S καγω 2504 P-1NS-C γινωσκω 1097 5719 V-PAI-1S αυτα 846 P-APN και 2532 CONJ ακολουθουσιν 190 5719 V-PAI-3P μοι 3427 P-1DS
Vincent's NT Word Studies
27. My sheep (ta probata ta ema). Literally, the sheep, those that are mine. A characteristic form of expression with John. Compare iii. 29; v. 30; xiv. 15, etc.
