John 10:6

This parable spake Jesus unto them,.... To the Pharisees, who were with him, Joh 9:40;

but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them; the things spoken by him being…

This parable - See the notes at Mat 13:3. They understood not ... - They did not understand the meaning or design of the illustration.

It is not certain whether this discourse was at the feast of dedication in the winter (spoken of Joh 10:22), which may be taken as the date, not only of what follows, but of what goes before (that…

This parable Better, This allegory. The word which the Synoptists use for -parable" (parabolê) is never used by S. John; and the word here used by S. John (paroimia) is never used by the Synoptists.…