John 16:29

29 Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.

John 16:29 in Other Translations

KJV
29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
ESV
29 His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech!
NLT
29 Then his disciples said, “At last you are speaking plainly and not figuratively.
MSG
29 His disciples said, "Finally! You're giving it to us straight, in plain talk - no more figures of speech.
CSB
29 "Ah!" His disciples said. "Now You're speaking plainly and not using any figurative language.

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 No, 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 entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”
29 Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.
30 Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.”
31 “Do you now believe?” Jesus replied.

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