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points forward to · the shepherd king
Israel's kings were called shepherds and mostly failed at it; Ezekiel promised God would shepherd the flock himself through a David to come.
teaching · New Testament
The good shepherd
John 10The shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep and takes it up again.
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points forward to · lays down his life
The shepherd image is not sentimental in John 10 — its defining act is dying for the sheep.