Yohanes 10:8

10:8 All who came before me were ¹  thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ² 

Yohanes 10:16

10:16 I have ³  other sheep that do not come from ⁴  this sheepfold. ⁵  I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, ⁶  so that ⁷  there will be one flock and ⁸  one shepherd.

Yohanes 3:29

3:29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly ⁹  when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete. ¹⁰ 

Yohanes 18:37

18:37 Then Pilate said, ¹¹  “So you are a king!” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world – to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to ¹²  my voice.”

¹ tn Grk “are” (present tense).

² tn Or “the sheep did not hear them.”

³ 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.

⁴ tn Or “that do not belong to”; Grk “that are not of.”

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Grk “they will hear my voice.”

⁷ tn Grk “voice, and.”

⁸ 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.

⁹ tn Grk “rejoices with joy” (an idiom).

¹⁰ tn Grk “Therefore this my joy is fulfilled.”

¹¹ tn Grk “said to him.”

¹² tn Or “obeys”; Grk “hears.”