'Explain' in the Bible

Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him saying, “Explain [clearly] to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

Peter asked Him, “Explain this parable [about what defiles a person] to us.”

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was talking about them.

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

So He called them to Himself and spoke to them in parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan?

And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them,

And He said, “How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use to illustrate and explain it?

he will bring a message to you by which you will be saved [and granted eternal life], you and all your household.’

Therefore let one who speaks in a tongue pray that he may [be gifted to] translate or explain [what he says].

If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be limited to two or at the most three, and each one speaking in turn, and one must interpret [what is said].

For [you can look back and] see what an earnestness and authentic concern this godly sorrow has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves [against charges that you tolerate sin], what indignation [at sin], what fear [of offending God], what longing [for righteousness and justice], what passion [to do what is right], what readiness to punish [those who sin and those who tolerate sin]! At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in the matter.

Concerning this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull and sluggish in [your spiritual] hearing and disinclined to listen.

But the angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.