John 16:25 meaning and explanation

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

John 16:25, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is speaking to his disciples in the upper room on the night before his death. He has been teaching them through figures of speech, the Greek word paroimia, meaning veiled or figurative sayings, like the picture of the woman in childbirth just before this verse.

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