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His disciples said to him, "Behold, now you speak plainly, and speak no figures of speech.
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Commentators note the disciples' immediate relief and joy. After being confused by Jesus' talk of 'a little while,' His plain statement in the previous verse ('I leave the world and go to the Father') felt like a sudden, illuminating answer. They believed the promised hour of plain speaking had finally arrived, resolving their bewilderment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Now you speak plainly. What he had said that perplexed them was what is contained in John 16:16. Compare to John 16:17-19: A little wh…
No proverb (παροιμιαν ουδεμιαν). No wayside saying, no dark saying. See 10:6; 16:25.
19th Century
Anglican
Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.—Better, . . . parable, as in John 16:25. (Compare the note there.) The em…
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Baptist
His disciples said to him, Lo, now you speak plainly, and speak no proverb.
Have you never, when reading the Bible, come across a t…
Jesus’ declaration that he has come from the Father and is about to return to the Father satisfies their inquiry. They feel that he is no longer ta…
16th Century
Protestant
His disciples say to him. This shows how great was the efficacy of that consolation, for it suddenly brought into a state of great cheerfu…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
His disciples said to him Upon the above discourse of Christ, such rays and beams of light darted into the minds of the a…
Here is a plain declaration of Christ's coming from the Father and His return to the Father. The Redeemer, in His entrance, was God manifest in the…
13th Century
Catholic
1. After these consoling words were spoken to the apostles, we now see their effect on them. This effect has three aspects:
