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Sheep in the Figurative Sense Romans 8:36 Excerpt Throughout the  nt  the sheep is used in a figurative sense for human beings. Jesus compared Israel to sheep lost ( Matt .  10:6 ; cf. Isa .  53:6 ) and without a shepherd ( Matt .  9:36 ). Sheep also play a role in several parables of Jesus ( Matt .  12:11 ;  18:12 ;  25:33 ) and the Gospel of John pictures Jesus as a protecting shepherd, willing to give his life for his sheep ( 10:7-9 ; cf. Ezek .  37:24 ; Ps .  23:1 ; Heb .  13:20 ). The people whom Jesus fed he compared t o sheep without a shepherd ( Mark   6:34 ) and he is himself compared to a sheep led to slaughter ( Acts   8:32 ; cf. Isa .  53:7 ).  More Achtemeier, Paul J., Harper & Row and Society of Biblical Literature.  Harper’s Bible dictionary  1985 : 938. Print.

Sheep in the Figurative Sense Romans 8:36 Excerpt Throughout the  nt  the sheep is used in a figurative sense for human beings. Jesus compared Israel to sheep lost (Matt. 10:6 ; cf. Isa.  53:6 ) and without a shepherd (Matt.  9:36 ). Sheep also play a role in several parables of Jesus (Matt.  12:11 ; 18:12 ;  25:33 ) and the Gospel of John pictures Jesus as a protecting shepherd, willing to give his life for his sheep ( 10:7-9 ; cf. Ezek.  37:24 ; Ps.  23:1 ; Heb.  13:20 ). The people whom Jesus fed he compared to sheep without a shepherd (Mark  6:34 ) and he is himself compared to a sheep led to slaughter (Acts  8:32 ; cf. Isa.  53:7 ).  Achtemeier, Paul J., Harper & Row and Society of Biblical Literature. Harper’s Bible dictionary  1985 : 938. Print.

Sheep in the Figurative Sense Romans 8:36 Excerpt Throughout the NT the sheep is used in a figurative sense for human beings. Jesus compared Israel to sheep lost ( Matt. 10:6 ; cf . Isa. 53:6 ) and without a shepherd ( Matt. 9:36 ). Sheep also play a role in several parables of Jesus ( Matt. 12:11 ; 18:12 ; 25:33 ) and the Gospel of John pictures Jesus as a protecting shepherd , willing to give his life for his sheep ( 10:7-9 ; cf . Ezek.37:24 ; Ps. 23:1 ; Heb. 13:20 ). The people whom Jesus fed he compared to sheep without a shepherd ( Mark 6:34 ) and he is himself compared to a sheep led to slaughter ( Acts 8:32 ; cf. Isa. 53:7 ). Achtemeier, Paul J., Harper & Row and Society of Biblical Literature. Harper’s Bible dictionary 1985 : 938. Print.