John 10:6 KJV — MannaFest

John 10:6

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

KJV

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ASV

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

WEB

Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

YLT

This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

DBT

This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was [of] which he spoke to them.

About this book

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John — The Gospel of sevens and signs. Seven signs, seven 'I AM' sayings, a prologue and an epilogue — written 'that ye might believe' (20:31).

Author: John the Apostle (2nd-century patristic attribution + internal claims)
Date: c. AD 85–95

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17 verses on the floor

John 16:25
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
Isaiah 56:11
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Luke 18:34
And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
Proverbs 28:5
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.
Psalms 82:5
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

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Thirdly, By him God comes to his church, visits it, and communicates himself to it. Fourthly, By him, as the door, the sheep are at last admitted into the heavenly kingdom, Matt. xxv. (2.) More particularly, [1.] Christ is the door of the shepherds, so that none who come not in by him are to be accounted pastors, but (according to the rule laid down,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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