Verse 16. Other sheep I have]
The Gentiles and Samaritans.
As if our Lord had said, Do not imagine that I shall lay down my life for the
Jews, exclusively of all other
people; no: I shall die also for the Gentiles; for by the grace, the merciful design and loving purpose of God, I am to taste death for every man,
Heb. 2:9; and, though they are not of this
fold now, those among them that believe shall be united with the believing Jews, and made one fold under one
shepherd, Eph. 2:13–17. (Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible with a Commentary and Critical Notes, 6 vols. [Bellingham,
Wash.: Faithlife Corporation, 2014], 5:593, emphasis in bold added)
