John 10:6
Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
KJV
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
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Commentary
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ταύτην | Tautēn | This | G3778 → |
| τὴν | tēn | <the> | G3588 → |
| παροιμίαν | paroimian | allegory | G3942 → |
| εἶπεν | eipen | spoke | G2036 → |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | to them | G846 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| Ἰησοῦς· | Iēsous | Jesus; | G2424 → |
| ἐκεῖνοι | ekeinoi | they | G1565 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| ἔγνωσαν | egnōsan | knew | G1097 → |
| τίνα | tina | what | G5101 → |
| ἦν | ēn | it was | G1510 → |
| ἃ | ha | that | G3739 → |
| ἐλάλει | elalei | He was saying | G2980 → |
| αὐτοῖς.¶ | autois | to them. | G846 → |
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