John 16:29
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
KJV
Λέγουσιν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ· ἴδε νῦν ἐν παρρησίᾳ λαλεῖς, καὶ παροιμίαν οὐδεμίαν λέγεις.
Greek NT
Dicunt ei discipuli ejus : Ecce nunc palam loqueris, et proverbium nullum dicis :
Vulgate
His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no dark saying.
ASV
His disciples say to him: Behold, now thou speakest plainly and speakest no proverb.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
οὐδείς
oudeis
adjective · 235×
παροιμία
paroimia
noun · 5×
παῤῥησία
parresia
noun · 31×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: Λέγουσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: Λέγουσιν | RP: + αὐτῷ
- Λέγουσιν — SBLGNT
- Λέγουσιν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + αὐτῷ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: ἐν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐν
- ἐν — SBLGNT
- ἐν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Nothing is wont so to cast down the soul that is anguished and possessed by deep despondency, as when words which cause pain are continually dwelt upon. Why then did Christ, after saying, I go, and, Hereafter I will not speak with you, continually dwell on the same subject, saying, A little while, and you shall not see Me, because I go to Him that sent Me? When He had recove…
Cross-references
- 2Cor 3:12 — Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
- 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.
- Judg 14:12 — And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty
- Mark 8:32 — And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
- Matt 10:27 — What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.