John 10: 11-18
Good Shepherd
'Good?
Amazing?
Could have said
Excellent
Compare to hired hand
Back to 1st C Palestine
Owner had a few sheep & goats
Walled pen against house
take to fields when no food locally
Take on a hired hand to look after a number of flocks
protect at night
Owner returned - into pen and called his own sheep
Good arrangement, but
Hired hand wouldn't risk his life
Unlike the owner
But Jesus did
x just risk
Gave it up willingly
to save the sheep
x just those in his fold - (Jews)