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His sheep were not to be left defenceless, shepherdless: on the contrary, He died that He might free them from all danger and become to them an ever-living, omnipresent Shepherd.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Dods, Marcus

The Apostles turned at Derbe, and coming back on their outward route, reached Antioch, encouraging the new disciples, who had now to be left truly like shepherdless sheep among wolves.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Maclaren, Alexander

But he, alas, was laid low by the sickness; and his men without him as a shepherdless flock that is driven hither and thither and blown upon by winds of confusion.

From The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh by Tynan, Katharine

This appealed to all the instincts begotten by his shepherd training; for they were a shepherdless flock in the midst of wolves.

From The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History by Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple

Therefore beware of sentimental contemplation of the sad condition of the shepherdless sheep which does not move you to do anything to help them.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Maclaren, Alexander