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John 10:6 — King James Version← Study notes

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.


John 10:6Greek Interlinear

Greek · John 10:616 words
GreekMeaning
ταύτηνtautēn
ThisdemonstrativeG3778
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
παροιμίανparoimian
allegorynounG3942
εἶπενeipen
sayverbG3004
αὐτοῖςautois
to thempronounG846
ho
thearticleG3588
ἸησοῦςIēsous
JesusnounG2424
ἐκεῖνοιekeinoi
theydemonstrativeG1565
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
οὐκouk
notadverbG3756
ἔγνωσανegnōsan
knewverbG1097
τίναtina
a (kind of), any (man, thingpronounG5100
ἦνēn
am, have been, is IverbG1510
ha
thatrelative pronounG3739
ἐλάλειelalei
He was sayingverbG2980
αὐτοῖςautois
to thempronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on John 10:6

Our Lord feeds by plain words, exercises by obscure. For when two persons, one godly, the other ungodly, hear the words of the Gospel, and they happen to be such that neither can understand them; one says, What He said is true and good, but we do not understand it: the other says, It is not worth attending to. The former, in faith, knocks, yes, and, if he continue to knock, it shall be opened to him. The latter shall hear the words in Isaiah, If you will not believe, surely…

Augustine · 4th century
Catena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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