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Good Shepherd

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Good Shepherd
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) New Testament a title given to Jesus Christ in John 10:11-12
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Noun1.Good Shepherd - a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in NazarethGood Shepherd - a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)


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Philip duly sent the papers and the money, and in return received a calendar worth about a penny, on which was set down the appointed passage to be read each day, and a sheet of paper on one side of which was a picture of the Good Shepherd and a lamb, and on the other, decoratively framed in red lines, a short prayer which had to be said before beginning to read.
 
 
 
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