»Ah, now you are using plain language,« said His disciples, »and are uttering no figure of speech!
All this Jesus spoke to the people in figurative language, and except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them,
This He told them plainly; whereupon Peter took Him and began to remonstrate with Him.
Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did not understand what He meant.
»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.«