John 10:27

27 oves meae vocem meam audiunt et ego cognosco eas et sequuntur 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 respondit eis Iesus loquor vobis et non creditis opera quae ego facio in nomine Patris mei haec testimonium perhibent de me

26 sed vos non creditis quia non estis ex ovibus meis

27 oves meae vocem meam audiunt et ego cognosco eas et sequuntur me

28 et ego vitam aeternam do eis et non peribunt in aeternum et non rapiet eas quisquam de manu mea

29 Pater meus quod dedit mihi maius omnibus est et nemo potest rapere de manu Patris mei