John 10 Bible Study Questions

John 10:1-6 Bible Study Questions

To whom is Jesus speaking in John 10:1?

Who is the "thief and a robber" (John 10:1) in this analogy?

Who are the "shepherd" and the "sheep" (John 10:2)?

Who is the "doorkeeper" (John 10:3)?

How much of the depiction above is figurative and how much of it is literal?

Does the shepherd go before or after his sheep?

What does that express?

How will his sheep react when "strangers" (John 10:5) try to lead them?

What does this mean for the "Christians" who listen to and follow after false prophets?

What was Jesus' message to the unbelieving Pharisees?

Did they understand His message?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john10-bible-study.htm

John 10:7-11 Bible Study Questions

Are Jesus' statements, "I am the door of the sheep" in John 10:7 and "I am the door" in John 10:9 figurative or literal?

What other door(s) must we pass through besides Jesus?

What do cults and sects tend to claim about the doors we must pass through?

Who are “all” of the "thieves and robbers" who came but whom Jesus' sheep "did not hear" (John 10:8) ?

What do the sheep have to do to "be saved" (John 10:9)?

What do the sheep do in the "pasture" (John 10:9)?

What are we supposed to feed on?

Who is the "thief" who comes to "steal, and to kill, and to destroy" (John 10:10)?

What did the "good shepherd" - Jesus - do for his "sheep" (John 10:11) - Christians?

Jesus' sacrifice separates Him from the gods of what other religion?

What "life" are Christians to have "abundantly" (John 10:10) as a result?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john10-i-am-the-door.htm

John 10:12-13 Bible Study Questions

What is a "hireling" (John 10:12)?

What does a hireling care about?

Why does the hireling leave the sheep and flee when he "sees the wolf coming" (John 10:12)?

Who were the hirelings of the day?

Should Jesus' words have rung a bell to the Pharisees, who knew the Old Testament (see Ezekiel 34)?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john10-hireling.htm

John 10:14-21 Bible Study Questions

Against whom is Jesus, "the good shepherd" (John 10:14), contrasting Himself?

What does Jesus mean by "I know My sheep" (John 10:14), that He is "known by" (John 10:14) His sheep, that God "the Father knows" (John 10:15) Him, and that He "knows the Father" (Acts 10:15)?

How did Jesus express His love for His sheep?

Did Jesus walk His talk?

What does Jesus mean by “other sheep... which are not of this fold” who will also "hear My voice" (John 10:16)?

Who took Jesus' life on the cross - the Jews or the Romans?

What power does Jesus have?

What caused the "division" (John 10:19) among the Jews?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john10-i-am-the-good-shepherd.htm

John 10:22-29 Bible Study Questions

What is the "Feast of Dedication" (John 10:22)?

What is the present name of the Feast of Dedication, held in December?

How long after the Feast of Tabernacles was the Feast of Dedication?

What is "Solomon's Porch" (John 10:23)?

Did Jesus keep the Jews in doubt about His identity and not speak "plainly" (John 10:24)?

What are they trying to do push him towards with their question. "If you are the Christ, tell us plainly" (John 10:24)?

Why? And why did they "surround Him" (John 10:24)?

What does Jesus do in John 10:25-29)?

Based on John 10:28, once you become Christian, who can "snatch" you away from Jesus?

What about the people who give up Christianity and choose another religion or become atheist?

What about the "Christians" who say, “Since we can't be snatched away, let's do whatever we want?"

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john10-feast-of-dedication.htm

John 10:30-42 Bible Study Questions

What charge are the Jews bringing against Jesus that merits picking up "stones again to stone Him" (John 10:31)?

What are they referring to in John 10:33?

Are the Jews' charge against Him justified?

What is Jesus referring to in John 10:34-36?

What is Jesus saying in John 10:37-38?

How many founders of religions walked their talk like Jesus?

How do you think Jesus “went forth out of their hand” in John 10:39?

Where did He go thereafter?

Answers: bibleversestudy.com/johngospel/john10-i-and-my-father-are-one.htm