29His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
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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.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-33)Two things Christ here comforts his disciples with:— I. With an assurance that, though he was leaving the world, he was returning to his Father, from whom he came forth John 16:28-32, where we have, 1. A plain declaration of Christ’s mission from the Father, and his return to him (John 16:28): I came forth from the Father, and am come , as you see, into the world. Again, I leave the world , as you…
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