Porter: A Doorkeeper; Gatekeeper.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the PORTER openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. (John 10:1-3)
Porter:
This word when used in the Authorized Version does not bear its modern signification of a carrier of burdens, but denotes in every case a gate‐keeper, from the Latin portarius, the man who attended to the porta or gate.
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