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Selected Verse: John 10:6 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 10:6 |
King James |
This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
This parable - See the notes at Mat 13:3.
They understood not ... - They did not understand the meaning or design of the illustration. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Parable (παροιμίαν)
The word occurs but once outside of John's writings (Pe2 2:22). The usual word for parable is παραβολή, which is once rendered proverb in the A.V. (Luk 4:23, changed to parable by Rev.), and which occurs nowhere in John. For the distinction see on Mat 13:3. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They - The Pharisees, to whom our Lord more immediately spake, as appears from the close of the foregoing chapter. |
3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.