Joh 10:7, 9 | Barnes | STEP | Verse 7. I am the door . I am the way by which ministers and people enter the true church. It is by his merits, his intercession, his aid, and his appointment that they enter. Of the sheep . Of the church. (h) "I am the door of the sheep"

John 10:7

Verse 7. I am the door. I am the way by which ministers and people enter the true church. It is by his merits, his intercession, his aid, and his appointment that they enter.

Of the sheep. Of the church.

(h) "I am the door of the sheep" Eph 2:18

John 10:9

Verse 9. By me. By my instruction and merits.

Shall be saved. See Jn 5:24.

Shall go in and out, &c. This is language applied commonly to flocks. It meant that he shall be well supplied, and defended, and led "beside the still waters of salvation."