3约翰十章十至十一节的“生命”,原文是两个不同的字。在十节,希腊文是zoe,奏厄。这字在新约里是指永远、神圣的生命。在十一节,希腊文是psuche,朴宿克,意魂,即魂生命,就是人的生命。这两节指明主耶稣有两种生命。主是人,有朴宿克的生命,人的生命;祂也是神,有奏厄的生命,神的生命。祂舍了祂的魂,祂的朴宿克生命,就是人的生命,为祂的羊成功救赎(15、17~18),使他们能有分于祂的奏厄生命,就是神的生命(10下),永远的生命(28),使他们借此得以合为一群,归于祂这一位牧人之下。祂这位好牧人,就是这样,并为着这目的,以神的生命喂养祂的羊(约翰福音生命读经,二九八页)。
3In [John 10:10-11] two different Greek words are used for life. In verse 10 the Greek word is zoe, which is the word used in the New Testament for the eternal, divine life. In verse 11 the Greek word is psuche, the same word for soul, which means the soulish life, that is, the human life. These two verses indicate that the Lord Jesus has two kinds of life. As a man, the Lord has the psuche life, the human life, and as God, He has the zoe life, the divine life. He laid down His soul, His psuche life, His human life, to accomplish redemption for His sheep (vv. 15, 17-18) that they may share His zoe life, His divine life (v. 10), the eternal life (v. 28), by which they can be formed into one flock under Himself as the one Shepherd. As the good Shepherd, He feeds His sheep with the divine life in this way and for this purpose. (Lifestudy of John, pp. 250-251)