Johannes 10:26

26 Aber ihr glaubet nicht; denn ihr seid von meinen Schafen nicht, wie ich euch gesagt habe.

Johannes 10:26 Meaning and Commentary

John 10:26

But ye believe not
In me, as the Messiah:

because ye are not of my sheep;
they were not among the sheep given him by his Father, were they, they would have come to him; that is, have believed in him, according to ( John 6:37 ) , they were not the chosen of God, predestinated unto eternal life; for as many as are ordained of God to eternal happiness, do believe in God's own time, ( Acts 13:48 ) ; but these not being the elect of God, had not the faith of God's elect. Christ, as the omniscient God, knew this, that they were not the chosen of God; for he was present, when the names of God's elect were written in the book of life; had they been his sheep, he must have known them, for he knows all the sheep, and calls them by name; had they been given him by the Father, he must have known it, and would have owned them as such; but so it was not, and therefore they were left to hardness and unbelief:

as l said unto you:
which seems to refer to what follows, since he had said before, that the sheep bear the voice of the shepherd, and follow him, and that he knows them, ( John 10:4 John 10:14 ) . This clause is omitted in the Vulgate Latin version, and in Nonnus, but is in the Greek copies, and Oriental versions.

Johannes 10:26 In-Context

24 Da umringten ihn die Juden und sprachen zu ihm: Wie lange hältst du unsere Seele auf? Bist du Christus, so sage es uns frei heraus.

25 Jesus antwortete ihnen: Ich habe es euch gesagt, und ihr glaubet nicht. Die Werke, die ich tue in meines Vaters Namen, die zeugen von mir.

26 Aber ihr glaubet nicht; denn ihr seid von meinen Schafen nicht, wie ich euch gesagt habe.

27 Denn meine Schafe hören meine Stimme, und ich kenne sie; und sie folgen mir,

28 und ich gebe ihnen das ewige Leben; und sie werden nimmermehr umkommen, und niemand wird sie mir aus meiner Hand reißen.