John 10:1-18, the Good Shepherd, Tues., 8/12

Theology of shepherd in OT
•What does shepherd symbolize?
-Read PS 23, Gen 48:15
•Why?
-Is 53:6, Is 40:11
•Who were shepherds in OT?
•What’s a bad shepherd in OT?
-Ezek 34:1-9, Jer 10:21
•What will happen among the bad shepherds?
-Ezek 34 10-11, Micah 5:3
•What will happen to the good shepherds?
-Zech 13:7, CCC 753

John 10:1
•To who Jesus was speaking to?
•What does Jesus mean by “Amen, Amen, I say to you”?
-Only in St John’s, in Synoptic : Amen, I say to you (13 in Mk, 31 in Mt, 6 in LK) e.g. Mk14:9, Lk 18:17)
-25 times in St John

John 10:2-3
•What does the sheep represent?
•What does the sheepfold represent?
-CCC 754, 857
•Who is the thief and robber?
-Mt 7:15, 23:13

John 10:4-6
•How did the shepherd call the sheep?
•How does God know each of us?
-CCC2158

John 10:7-10
•How did Jesus describe himself as?
•How is Jesus the door?
-Jn 14:5, Jn 1:51

John 10:11
•How did Jesus describe himself as?
•How is Jesus the good shepherd?
-MT 26:31-32 ,Heb 13:30, 1 pet 5:4, CCC 609

John 10:12-13
•What does the hired man represent?
•What does wolf represent?
-Act 20:29

John 10:14-16
•What does the other sheep represent?
-Eph 3:6, 2:11-22
•How did the other sheep join the fold?
•How many flock and shepherd on earth eventually?
•What are the 4 characteristics of Church?
•How shall we understand the ones of the Church?
-CCC 817-20

John 10:17-18
•Why does the Good Shepherd lay down his life?
•Is He murdered against his will?
•Who raises the Good Shepherd from dead?
-Jn 2:19-21 CCC 649