John 16:29 (YLT)

Passage

His disciples say to him, `Lo, now freely thou dost speak, and no similitude speakest thou;

Nearby Context

John 16:27 for the Father himself doth love you, because me ye have loved, and ye have believed that I from God came forth;

John 16:28 I came forth from the Father, and have come to the world; again I leave the world, and go on unto the Father.'

John 16:29 His disciples say to him, `Lo, now freely thou dost speak, and no similitude speakest thou;

John 16:30 now we have known that thou hast known all things, and hast no need that any one do question thee; in this we believe that from God thou didst come forth.'

John 16:31 Jesus answered them, `Now do ye believe? lo, there doth come an hour,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "disciples", "freely", "thou", "dost", "speak", "similitude", and "speakest". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "disciples" and "freely", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "I came forth from the Father and..." into verse 30's "now we have known that thou hast...", so "disciples" and "freely" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "disciples" and "freely" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.