Joh 10:28 | RWP | e4.org | And I give unto them eternal life ( καγω διδωμ αυτοις ζωην αιωνιον ). This is the gift of Jesus now to his sheep as stated in , (cf. ; ). And they shall never perish ( κα ου μη απολωντα ). Emphatic double negative with second aorist middle (intransitive) subjunctive of απολλυμ , to destroy. The sheep may feel secure ( ; ; ; ). And no one shall snatch them out of my hand ( κα ουχ αρπασε τις αυτα εκ της χειρος μου ). Jesus had promised this security in Galilee ( , ). No wolf, no thief, no bandit, no hireling, no demon, not even the devil can pluck the sheep out of my hand. Cf. (Your life is hid together with Christ in God).

‏ John 10:28

And I give unto them eternal life ( καγω διδωμ αυτοις ζωην αιωνιον ). This is the gift of Jesus now to his sheep as stated in 6:27, 40 (cf. 1Jo 2:25; 5:11).

And they shall never perish ( κα ου μη απολωντα ). Emphatic double negative with second aorist middle (intransitive) subjunctive of απολλυμ, to destroy. The sheep may feel secure (3:16; 6:39; 17:12; 18:9).

And no one shall snatch them out of my hand ( κα ουχ αρπασε τις αυτα εκ της χειρος μου ). Jesus had promised this security in Galilee (6:37, 39). No wolf, no thief, no bandit, no hireling, no demon, not even the devil can pluck the sheep out of my hand. Cf. Col 3:3 (Your life is hid together with Christ in God).