His disciplessaid,"Lo,nowYou are speakingplainlyand are not usinga figure of speech.
Allthese thingsJesusspoketo the crowdsin parables,and He did not speakto them withouta parable.
And He was statingthe matterplainly.And Petertook Him asideand beganto rebukeHim.
Thisfigure of speechJesusspoketo them, but they did not understandwhatthose things were whichHe had been sayingto them.
"These thingsI have spokento you in figurativelanguage;an houris comingwhenI will no longerspeakto you in figurative language,but will tellyou plainlyof the Father.
