John 16:29

29 dicunt ei discipuli eius ecce nunc palam loqueris et proverbium nullum dicis

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 ipse enim Pater amat vos quia vos me amastis et credidistis quia ego a Deo exivi
28 exivi a Patre et veni in mundum iterum relinquo mundum et vado ad Patrem
29 dicunt ei discipuli eius ecce nunc palam loqueris et proverbium nullum dicis
30 nunc scimus quia scis omnia et non opus est tibi ut quis te interroget in hoc credimus quia a Deo existi
31 respondit eis Iesus modo creditis
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