John 10:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ταύτην τὴν παροιμίαν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς: ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τίνα ἦν ἃ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς.

Transliteration

This the paroimian eipen to them the Iēsous: those de not egnōsan tina ēn ha elalei to them.

Grammar Details

• *paroimian*: accusative, feminine, singular - figure of speech/proverb/parable
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/now
• *egnōsan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they understood/knew
• *tina*: interrogative pronoun, accusative - what things
• *ēn*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was/were
• *ha*: relative pronoun, nominative, neuter, plural - which/that
• *elalei*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was speaking/saying

Word Meanings

• *paroimian*: figure of speech/proverb/parable/allegory
• *eipen*: said/spoke/told
• *Iēsous*: Jesus
• *de*: but/and/now
• *egnōsan*: understood/knew/recognized
• *elalei*: was speaking/saying/telling

Referenced Verses

• Ps 82:5 : 5 They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
• Ps 106:7 : 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; They remembered not the multitude of thy lovingkindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
• Prov 28:5 : 5 Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.
• Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
• Isa 56:11 : 11 Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
• Dan 12:10 : 10 Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand.
• Matt 13:13-14 : 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:
• Matt 13:51 : 51 Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea.
• John 16:25 : 25 These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.
• 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he {G3756} cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
• John 6:52 : 52 The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
• John 6:60 : 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when the heard [this], said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?
• John 7:36 : 36 What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot {G1410} come?
• John 8:27 : 27 They perceived not that he spake to them of the Father.
• John 8:43 : 43 Why {G5101} do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot {G1410} hear my word.