| 25. Linguistic Exegesis The verse is built as a deliberate contrast between Jesus’ present indirect manner of speaking and His coming direct disclosure. The fronted demonstrative tauta {Ταῦτα | taû-ta} sets the topic first, and the repeated phrase en paroimiais {ἐν παροιμίαις | en paroimíais} frames both the present and future modes of instruction, creating a bracket of veiled speech around the whole saying. The perfect tense lelalēka {λελάληκα | le-lá-lē-ka} presents His earlier teaching as completed yet still relevant, while erchetai hōra {ἔρχεται ὥρα | ér-khe-tai hṓ-ra} uses the present tense for imminent future to stress that the change is close at hand. The temporal clause hote {ὅτε | hó-te} introduces the shift, and ouketi {οὐκέτι | ou-ké-ti} sharply marks the end of the old mode. The adversative alla {ἀλλὰ | al-lá} signals a decisive turn, and parrēsia {παρρησίᾳ | parrēsíā} functions adverbially to describe speech that is open, direct, and unmasked. The closing phrase peri tou patros {περὶ τοῦ πατρός | peri tou patros} identifies the content of the promised declaration, so the revelation is not merely about speech style but about the Father Himself being made known more fully. Rendering the verse with “parables” and “figures of speech” preserves the same contrast in two natural English registers without forcing the syntax of the Greek onto the reader. |