John 10:11 (WEB)
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Catechism · 2
The Mysteries of Christ's Life
“Jesus, the Good Shepherd, confirmed this mandate after his Resurrection: "Feed my sheep."” — Catechism footnote: Jn 21:15-17; Cf. 10:11.
The Church in God's Plan
“It is also the flock of which God himself foretold that he would be the shepherd, and whose sheep, even though governed by human shepherds, are unfailingly nourished and led by Christ himself, the Good Shepherd and Prince of Shepherds, who gave his life for his sheep.” — Catechism footnote: LG 6; Cf. Jn 10:1-10; Isa 40:11; Ezek 34:11-31; Jn 10:11; 1 Pet 5:4; Jn 10:11-16.
Fathers and councils · 42
Catena Aurea on Luke
- BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
“Well also at the birth of our Lord do shepherds watch over their flocks; for He was born who says, I am the good Shepherd: (John 10:11, 16.) but the time also was at hand in which the same Shepherd was to recal His scattered sheep to the pastures of life.” — the author cites it
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“(John 10:11) For shortly after seeking our salvation He poured out His own life.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
“But by this one God, Who is good, we must not only understand the Father, but also the Son, who says, “I am the good Shepherd;” [John 10:11] and also the Holy Ghost, because it is said, “The Father which is in heaven will give the good Spirit to them that ask him.” [Luke 11:13] For the…” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“This Sheep again is called a Shepherd, who says, I am the Good Shepherd: a Sheep because of His manhood, a Shepherd because of the loving-kindness of His Godhead.” — editor's note: John x. 11.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But the hireling, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf scattereth them.”” — editor's note: John x. 11, 12.
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Ambrose of Milan
“No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself.”” — editor's note: S. John x. 11, 17, 18.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Both these names occur in the same passage: in the Gospel, He said, that the shepherd enters by the door: the words are, “I am the good Shepherd;” and in the same passage, “I am the door:” and who is the shepherd who enters by the door?” — editor's note: John x. 11, 9.
Read the whole comment“The Shepherd entereth by the gate: and He saith, “I am the good Shepherd:” and, “I am the Door of the Sheep.”…Learn thus to understand, when these things are spoken figuratively; lest perchance when ye have read that the Rock signifieth Christ, ye may understand it to mean Him in every passage.” — editor's note: John x. 11, 7.
Read the whole comment“…even from the stones have flocked unto Abraham: sheep which were not of this fold, have flocked unto him, that there might be one flock, and one shepherd; the faith of all nations was added, and the number grew, not only of wise priests, but of obedient peoples; the Lord increasing not only their fathers more and…” — editor's note: John x. 1–16, 28, 29.
Read the whole comment““Because he careth not for the sheep.”…In two ways a man’s life is sought, either by his persecutors or by his lovers.” — editor's note: John x. 11, etc.
Read the whole comment“You find them both in that place, both “I am the Door” and “I am the Shepherd.”” — editor's note: John x. 7, 11.
Read the whole comment“And yet that the multitude of shepherds might not be understood in a wrong sense; He saith, “I am the good Shepherd.”” — editor's note: John x. 11.
Read the whole comment“But if the good Shepherd, who laid down His own life for His sheep, has raised up so many martyrs for Himself out of the very sheep, how much more ought those to contend to death for the truth, and even to blood against sin,…” — editor's note: Chap. x. 18, 11.
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John Chrysostom
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Let us be made once more one flock and all be fed by Thee; for Thou art the good Shepherd ‘Who giveth His life for the sheep ’ ‘Awake, why sleepest Thou O Lord, arise cast us not off forever.’” — editor's note: John x. 11
Read the whole comment“For, as the Lord says, “he that is an hireling” when he sees “the wolf coming,” “fleeth because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep,” but “the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”” — editor's note: John x. 12, 13, 11
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Leo the Great
“…no mercy that is shown to him when penitent can be found fault with: because our Lord, that true and “good shepherd” who laid down His life for His sheep and who came to save not lose men’s souls, wishes us to imitate His kindness; in order that while justice constrains us when we sin, mercy may prevent our…” — editor's note: S. John x. 11 and 15.
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Jerome
““The good Shepherd”—they are the Lord’s own words—“layeth down his life for the sheep.”” — editor's note: Joh. x. 11, R.V.; Luke xv. 4, 5.
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Tertullian
““But a ‘sheep’ properly means a Christian, and the Lord’s ‘flock’ is the people of the Church, and the ‘good shepherd’ is Christ; and hence in the ‘sheep’ we must understand a Christian who has erred from the Church’s ‘flock.’”” — editor's note: Comp. John x. 11.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Secondly, persuade us that the good shepherd who laid down his life for the sheep has not even now left us; but is present, and tends and guides, and knows his own, and is known of his own, and, though bodily invisible, is spiritually…” — editor's note: S. John x. 11.
Read the whole comment“Wilt thou deem Him little on this account, that He humbled Himself for thee; because the Good Shepherd, He who lays down His life for His sheep, came to seek for that which had strayed upon the mountains and the hills, on which thou wast then sacrificing, and…” — editor's note: John x. 11.
Read the whole comment“…account, that He humbled Himself for your sake, and because to seek for that which had wandered the Good Shepherd, He who layeth down His life for the sheep, came upon the mountains and hills upon which you used to sacrifice, and found the wandering one; and having found it, took it upon His shoulders, on which He…” — editor's note: John x. 11.
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Aphrahat
“Whosoever is watchful, and toils in behalf of his sheep, is careful for his flock, and is the disciple of our Good Shepherd, who gave Himself in behalf of His sheep.” — editor's note: John x. 11, sq.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Sometimes He calls Himself a shepherd, and says, “I am the good Shepherd.”” — editor's note: John x. 11.
Read the whole comment“…without Him was not anything made;”—and with benevolence, for He alone gave Himself a sacrifice for us: “For the good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep;” and He has so given it.” — editor's note: John x. 11.
Read the whole comment“As then we say that it belongs to the shepherd’s art to care for the sheep; for so “the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep;” so also we shall say that legislation, inasmuch as it presides over and cares for the flock of men, establishes the virtue of men, by fanning into flame, as…” — editor's note: John x. 11.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
Our Lord has acquainted us with two things which were obscure before; first, that He is the Door; and now again, that He is the Shepherd: I am the good Shepherd. (c. xlvii. 1, 3). Above He said that the shepherd…
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And He adds what that goodness (forma bonitatis) is, for our imitation: The good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep. He did what He bade, He set the example of what He commanded: He laid down His life for the…
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Christ was not the only one who did this. And yet if they who did it are members of Him, one and the same Christ did it always. He was able to do it without them; they were not without Him.
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All these however were good shepherds, not because they shed their blood, but because they did it for the sheep. For they shed it not in pride, but in love. Should any among the heretics suffer trouble in consequence…
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Our Lord shews here that He did not undergo His passion unwillingly; but for the salvation of the world. He then gives the difference between the shepherd and the hireling: But he that is an hireling, and not the…
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Some there are who love earthly possessions more than the sheep, and do not deserve the name of a shepherd. He who feeds the Lord’s flock for the sake of temporal hire, and not for love, is an hireling, not a…
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He seeketh therefore in the Church, not God, but something else. If he sought God he would be chaste; for the soul hath but one lawful husband, God. Whoever seeketh from God any thing beside God, seeketh unchastely.
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But whether a man be a shepherd or an hireling, cannot be told for certain, except in a time of trial. In tranquil times, the hireling generally stands watch like the shepherd. But when the wolf comes, then every one…
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The wolf is the devil, and they that follow him; according to’ Matthew, Which come to you in sheeps’ clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. (Matt. 7:15)
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Lo, the wolf hath seized a sheep by the throat, the devil hath enticed a man into adultery. The sinner must be excommunicated. But if he is excommunicated, he will be an enemy, he will plot, he will do as much harm…
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The wolf too cometh upon the sheep, whenever any spoiler and unjust person oppresses the humble believers. And he who seems to be shepherd, but leaves the sheep and flees, is he who dares not to resist his violence,…
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But if the Apostles were shepherds, not hirelings, why did they flee in persecution? And why did our Lord say, When they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another? (Mat. 10:23) Let us knock, then will come…
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A servant of Christ, and minister of His Word and Sacraments, may flee from city to city, when he is specially aimed at by the persecutors, apart from his brethren; so that his flight does not leave the Church…
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On the good side are the door, the porter, the shepherd, and the sheep; on the bad, the thieves, the robbers, the hirelings, the wolf.
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We must love the shepherd, beware of the wolf, tolerate the hireling. For the hireling is useful so long as he sees not the wolf, the thief, and the robber. When he sees them, he flees.
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Indeed he would not be an hireling, did he not receive wages from the hirer. (c. 6). Sons wait patiently for the eternal inheritance of their father; the hireling looks eagerly for the temporal wages from his hirer;…
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Cross-references · 33
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Cited together in Catechism §553.
Cited together in Catechism §553.
Cited together in Catechism §553 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Instructor I.11.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies I.26.
Cited together in The Instructor I.11 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Letters Letter 77.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 2.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 2.
Cited together in The Instructor I.11.
Cited together in Catechism §553.
Cited together in Catechism §553.
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:17–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:17–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:17–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:17–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:17–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:17–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:17–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:17–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:17–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:17–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 2:8–12 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 2:8–12 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 2:8–12 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 2:8–12 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:17–27 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Instructor I.11.
Cited together in Epistles Letter 2.