Verse 6
This parable . See note on "and we", &c. (John 1:14 ).
parable = wayside saying. Greek paroimia. Not parable, which is parabole. Paroimia Occurs in John here; and translated "proverb" in John 16:25 , John 16:25 , John 16:29 , and 2 Peter 2:22 . Parabole occurs fifty times, but is not used in John. Paroimia is the Septuagint word for mashal = proverb in Proverbs 1:1 . See note there.
Jesus . App-98 .
understood not = did not get to know. Greek. ginosko. App-132 . See note on John 1:10 .
what things they were = what it was, or what it meant.
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