Patristic A.D. 407
“(Hom. lxxix) The disciples were so refreshed with the thought of being in favour with the Father, that they say they are sure He knows all things: His disciples said unto Him, Now speakest Thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of John, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 16:29-33
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1845) ↗