Augustine of Hippo, on John 16:29

“His disciples say to him: Behold, now thou speakest plainly, and speakest no proverb.”

“(Tr. ciii) But why do they say so, when the hour in which He was to speak without proverbs was yet future, and only promised? Because, our Lord’s communications still continuing proverbs to them, they are so far from understanding them, that they do not even understand their not understanding them.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.