John 16:29 BSB — MannaFest

John 16:29

His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.

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ASV

His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no dark saying.

KJV

His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Now speakest thou plainly - What he had said that perplexed them was that which is contained in Joh 16:16. Compare Joh 16:17-19; “A little while and ye shall not see me,” etc. This he had now explained by saying Joh 16:28, “Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.” In this there was no ambiguity, and they expressed themselves satisfied with this explanation.

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J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

The passage we have now read is a very remarkable portion of Scripture, for two reasons. On the one hand, it forms a suitable conclusion to our Lord's long parting address to His disciples. It was fit and right that such a solemn sermon should have a solemn ending. On the other hand it contains the most general and unanimous profession of belief that we ever find the Apostles making—"Now are we sure that You know all things . . . by this we believe that you came forth from God."

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Λέγουσιν	Legousin	Say	G3004 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
μαθηταὶ	mathētai	disciples	G3101 →
αὐτοῦ·	autou	of Him;	G846 →
ἴδε	ide	Behold	G2396 →
νῦν	nun	now	G3568 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
παρρησίᾳ	parrēsia	openness	G3954 →
λαλεῖς	laleis	You speak	G2980 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
παροιμίαν	paroimian	allegory	G3942 →
οὐδεμίαν	oudemian	no [thing]	G3762 →
λέγεις.	legeis	speak.	G3004 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 16:25
I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
leads to
- John 16:12
  I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
- John 16:28–29
  I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
- Mark 4:13
  Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
- Matthew 13:34–35
  Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
- John 10:6
  Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John