So then He told them plainly,
This He told them plainly; whereupon Peter took Him and began to remonstrate with Him.
when the Jews gathered round Him and kept asking Him, »How long do you mean to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us so plainly.«
Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought He referred to the rest taken in ordinary sleep.
»Lazarus is dead; and for your sakes I am glad I was not there, in order that you may believe. But let us go to him.«
»All this I have spoken to you in veiled language. The time is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in veiled language, but will tell you about the Father in plain words.«
»Ah, now you are using plain language,« said His disciples, »and are uttering no figure of speech!
