It is often said that the Johannine Jesus never utters a narrative parable like those that are so ubiquitous throughout the Synoptics. However, in John 10, we have the closest parallel in the so-called “Good Shepherd” discourse, where Jesus uses a “figure of speech” (παροιµία) to compare himself to a benevolent or noble shepherd. The present article will explore this παροιµία in light of the unfolding narrative Christology over the first nine chapters. Against that backdrop, we will examine the questions: “What historical information can reasonably be inferred as part of the literary construct known as the implied audience?”, and “How has the implied audience been prepared by the narrator to receive this metaphorical speech?”

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好牧人 παροιμία（约翰福音 10:1-21）和约翰的隐含听众：阅读第四福音的思想实验

人们常说，约翰尼的耶稣从来没有像在对观福音中那样无处不在的叙事寓言。然而，在约翰福音 10 章，我们在所谓的“好牧人”话语中找到了最接近的相似之处，其中耶稣使用“比喻”（παροιμία）将自己与仁慈或高贵的牧羊人进行比较。本文将根据前九章展开的基督论叙述来探讨这个 παροιμία。在这种背景下，我们将研究以下问题：“哪些历史信息可以合理地推断为被称为隐含受众的文学结构的一部分？”，以及“叙述者如何准备隐含受众来接受这种隐喻性演讲？ ”