Giovanni 10:27

27 Le mie pecore ascoltano la mia voce, ed io le conosco, ed esse mi seguitano.

Giovanni 10:27 Meaning and Commentary

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice
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 Father's 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.

Giovanni 10:27 In-Context

25 Gesù rispose loro: Io ve l’ho detto, e voi nol credete; le opere, che io fo nel nome del Padre mio, son quelle che testimoniano di me.

26 Ma voi non credete, perciocchè non siete delle mie pecore, come io vi ho detto.

27 Le mie pecore ascoltano la mia voce, ed io le conosco, ed esse mi seguitano.

28 Ed io do loro la vita eterna, e giammai in eterno non periranno, e niuno le rapirà di man mia.

29 Il Padre mio, che me le ha date, è maggior di tutti; e niuno le può rapire di man del Padre mio.