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John 16:29
| * | A star (*) is used to mark verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage. The translators recognized that in some contexts the present tense seems more unexpected and unjustified to the English reader than a past tense would have been. But Greek authors frequently used the present tense for the sake of heightened vividness, thereby transporting their readers in imagination to the actual scene at the time of occurence. However, the translators felt that it would be wise to change these historical presents to English past tenses. |
| 1 | Lit saying a proverb |
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John 16:29 — New International Version (2011) (NIV)
29 Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.
John 16:29 — English Standard Version (ESV)
29 His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech!
John 16:29 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
John 16:29 — New Living Translation (NLT)
29 Then his disciples said, “At last you are speaking plainly and not figuratively.
John 16:29 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
29 His disciples said to Him, “See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech!
John 16:29 — New Century Version (NCV)
29 Then the followers of Jesus said, “You are speaking clearly to us now and are not using stories that are hard to understand.
John 16:29 — American Standard Version (ASV)
29 His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no dark saying.
John 16:29 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
29 His disciples say to him, Lo, now thou speakest openly and utterest no allegory.
John 16:29 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
29 His disciples said, “Now you’re talking in plain words and not using examples.
John 16:29 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
29 “Ah!” His disciples said. “Now You’re speaking plainly and not using any figurative language.
John 16:29 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
29 His disciples said, “Yes, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure of speech!
John 16:29 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
29 His disciples said, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly and are telling us no figurative saying!
John 16:29 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
29 Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking plainly. You are using examples that are clear.
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