Yohanes 10:4

10:4 When he has brought all his own sheep ¹  out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize ²  his voice.

Yohanes 10:8

10:8 All who came before me were ³  thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁴ 

Yohanes 10:16

10:16 I have ⁵  other sheep that do not come from ⁶  this sheepfold. ⁷  I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, ⁸  so that ⁹  there will be one flock and ¹⁰  one shepherd.

Yohanes 5:25

5:25 I tell you the solemn truth, ¹¹  a time ¹²  is coming – and is now here – when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

Yohanes 8:43

8:43 Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept ¹³  my teaching. ¹⁴ 

[10:4]  ¹ tn The word “sheep” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[10:4]  ² tn Grk “because they know.”

[10:8]  ³ tn Grk “are” (present tense).

[10:8]  ⁴ tn Or “the sheep did not hear them.”

[10:16]  ⁵ tn Grk “And I have.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[10:16]  ⁶ tn Or “that do not belong to”; Grk “that are not of.”

[10:16]  ⁷ sn The statement I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold almost certainly refers to Gentiles. Jesus has sheep in the fold who are Jewish; there are other sheep which, while not of the same fold, belong to him also. This recalls the mission of the Son in 3:16-17, which was to save the world – not just the nation of Israel. Such an emphasis would be particularly appropriate to the author if he were writing to a non-Palestinian and primarily non-Jewish audience.

[10:16]  ⁸ tn Grk “they will hear my voice.”

[10:16]  ⁹ tn Grk “voice, and.”

[10:16]  ¹⁰ tn The word “and” is not in the Greek text, but must be supplied to conform to English style. In Greek it is an instance of asyndeton (omission of a connective), usually somewhat emphatic.

[5:25]  ¹¹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[5:25]  ¹² tn Grk “an hour.”

[8:43]  ¹³ tn Grk “you cannot hear,” but this is not a reference to deafness, but rather hearing in the sense of listening to something and responding to it.

[8:43]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “my word.”