John 16:29

29 The talmidim said to him, "Look, you're talking plainly right now, you're not speaking indirectly at all.

John 16:29 Meaning and Commentary

John 16:29

His disciples said unto him
Upon the above discourse of Christ, such rays and beams of light darted into the minds of the apostles, and things stood so clear in their view, and they so well understood what Christ had said, that they declare,

lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb:
what he had said before, were to them like proverbial, or parabolical expressions, not easy to be understood; they were like enigmas, riddles, and dark sayings, the meaning of which they could not apprehend; but now they observe, with admiration, that what he delivered was plain, and intelligible; which was not so much owing to Christ's different way of speaking now, from what it was before, as to their former dulness of hearing, and now having some further degree of light given unto them.

John 16:29 In-Context

27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
28 "I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and returning to the Father."
29 The talmidim said to him, "Look, you're talking plainly right now, you're not speaking indirectly at all.
30 Now we know that you know everything, and that you don't need to have people put their questions into words. This makes us believe that you came from God."
31 Yeshua answered, "Now you do believe.
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