Take the 2-minute tour ×  In John 10 Jesus use two images. First
he is the gate for the sheep.  John 10:7-10 (NIV):  Therefore
Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the
sheep. All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but
the sheep have not listened to them. I am the gate; whoever
enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out,
and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and
destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the
full.  Second he is the good shepherd.  John 10:11-13 (NIV):  “I
am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for
the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own
the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the
sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and
scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and
cares nothing for the sheep.  There is an old explanation that
this is not two different parables of what Jesus is, but one.
The explanation is that t