John 10:27

27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

John 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.

John 10:27 In-Context

25 Jesus answered them, "I told you and you do not believe! The deeds that I do in the name of my Father, these testify about me.

26 But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep!

27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

28 And I give them eternal life, and they will never perish {forever}, and no one will seize them out of my hand.

29 My Father, who has given [them] to me, is greater than all, and no one can seize [them] from the Father's hand.