At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why do You speak with her?”

Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep.

But He was speaking of the temple of His body.

Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for fear of the Jews.

Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?

They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.

The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking.

So Simon Peter *gestured to him, and *said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking.”

His disciples *said, “Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using a figure of speech.