John 10:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁸ All those who came before me were thieves and robbers and the sheep did not listen to them.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ All others who came [as such] before Me are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not listen to and obey them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

Common English Bible

⁸ All who came before me were thieves and outlaws, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers, and the sheep did not listen to them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not.

John 10:8 Cross References

John 10:1

“Truly, truly, I tell you, the person who does not enter the sheep corral through the gate, but climbs over another way [i.e., over the fence], is a thief and a robber. [Note: “Thief” suggests quiet subtlety, while “robber” suggests open aggression].

John 10:27

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

John 10:5

They will not follow a stranger, but will run from him, for they do not recognize the voice of strangers.”

Acts 5:36

For [remember that] some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be someone [important], and that about four hundred people rallied [to his cause], but he was killed and all his men left him and nothing ever came of it.