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Joh 8:58-10:39 chiastic structure:
1a.1) Joh 8:58, Jesus: “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM;”
1a.2) Joh 8:59, Then they took up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself/ passed through the midst of them;
1a.3) Joh 9:1-41, A man blind from birth receives his sight, unheard of in the history of the world;
1b) Joh 10:1-5, The shepherd of the sheep/ the sheep hear his voice + follow him;
1c) Joh 10:6, They did not understand the things He spoke to them;
1d) Joh 10:7-10a, Jesus: I AM the Door of the sheep;
1a.1) Joh 10:7, Jesus: I am the door of the sheep;
1a.2) Joh 10:8a, Jesus: All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers;
central axis) Joh 10:8b, But the sheep did not hear them;
2a.1) Joh 10:9, Jesus: I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved,and will go in + out + find pasture;
2a.2) Joh 10:10, Jesus: The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy;
central axis) Joh 10:10b, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly;”
2d) Joh 10:11-18, Jesus: I AM the Good Shepherd;
1a.1) Joh 10:11a, Jesus: I am the good shepherd;
1a.2) Joh 10:11b, Jesus: The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep;
1b) Joh 10:12a, Jesus: But a hireling sees the wolf coming/ leaves the sheep + flees;
central axis) Joh 10:12b, And the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them;
2b) Joh 10:13, Jesus: The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep;
2a.1) Joh 10:14a, Jesus: I am the good shepherd;
2a.2) Joh 10:14b-18, Jesus: I lay down My life for the sheep;
2c) Joh 10:19-26a, They did not believe the things He spoke to them;
2b) Joh 10:26b-29, The Shepherd of the sheep/ My sheep hear My voice + follow Me;
2a.1) Joh 10:30, Jesus: “I and My Father are one;”
2a.2) Joh 10:31, Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him;
2a.3) Joh 10:32-39, Jesus: Many good works I have shown you from My Father;
1a.1) Joh 10:30, Jesus: “I and My Father are one;”
1a.2) Joh 10:31, Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him;
1b) Joh 10:32, Jesus: Many good works I have shown you from My Father; for which do you stone Me?
1c) Joh 10:33, Jews: Not for a good work but for blasphemy, because You, a Man, make Yourself God;
1d) Joh 10:34a, Jesus: Is it not written in your Law;
central axis) Joh 10:34b-35a, ‘I said, “You are gods”’? If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came;
2d) Joh 10:35b, Jesus: And the Scripture cannot be broken;
2c) Joh 10:36, Jesus: Do you accuse Me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am the Son of God;’
2b) Joh 10:37-38a, Jesus: If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works;
2a.1) Joh 10:38b, Jesus: “That you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him;”
2a.2) Joh 10:39, Therefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.
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