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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)