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|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.
|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.
|I have told you these things using similes and metaphors, but the time is coming when I shall not speak to you in symbolic language, but shall tell you about the Father openly.
|I have told you these things using similes and metaphors, but the time is coming when I shall not speak to you in symbolic language, but shall tell you about the Father openly.
|The word in the first clause literally means "proverbs, symbolic language, figurative wording," but since the actual symbolic method Jesus tends to use are similes ("the kingdom of heaven is like...")and metaphors ("don't clean just the outside of the cup..."), and these are probably more readily understood by modern audiences, I have substituted those in the first clause. Ironically, John records less of the similes and metaphors Jesus used, such as Parables, than any of the other gospels.
|The word in the first clause literally means "proverbs, symbolic language, figurative wording," but since the actual symbolic method Jesus tends to use are similes ("the kingdom of heaven is like...") and metaphors ("don't clean just the outside of the cup..."), and these are probably more readily understood by modern audiences, I have substituted those in the first clause. Ironically, John records less of the similes and metaphors Jesus used, such as Parables, than any of the other gospels.
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|At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
|At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
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|On that day you shall ask in my name, note that I am not saying that I will ask the Father for you;
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|For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
|For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
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|Because the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved me, and you have believed that I came from the Father.
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|Jesus is speaking about genuine affection here, what is in the heart. The Father has genuine, heart felt love for us, because of our deep affection for and faith in Jesus. Sinaiticus and Alexandrinus and a late corrector of Ephraemi Rescriptus read, "from God" in the last clause. A corrector for Sinaiticus, as well as Vaticanus, Ephraemi Rescriptus, and Bezae Cantabrigiensis read "from the Father."
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