John 10:6
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
KJV
Ταύτην τὴν παροιμίαν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τίνα ἦν ἃ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς.
Greek NT
Hoc proverbium dixit eis Jesus : illi autem non cognoverunt quid loqueretur eis.
Vulgate
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
ASV
This proverb Jesus spoke to them. But they understood not what he spoke.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παροιμία
paroimia
noun · 5×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἦν | WH/NIV/RP: ἦν | Treg: ᾖ
- ἦν — SBLGNT
- ἦν — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- ᾖ — Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§754"The Church is, accordingly, a sheepfold, the sole and necessary gateway to which is Christ. It is also the flock of which God himself foretold that he would be the shepherd, and whose sheep, even though governed by human shepherds, are unfailingly nourished and led by Christ himself, the Good Shepherd and Prince of Shepherds, who gave his life for his sheep.146
§37Because Christ is so exalted, He alone by every right rules and governs the Church; and herein is yet another reason why He must be likened to a head. As the head is the "royal citadel" of the body [50] - to use the words of Ambrose - and all the members over whom it is placed for their good [51] are naturally guided by it as being endowed with superior powers, so the Divine Re…
Cross-references
- Isa 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Prov 28:5 — Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
- Ps 82:5 — They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.