As we chatted through Bible study last night, I started sympathising with Jesus' disciples. They didn't always understand what he was talking about, but it was the first time a lot of it had been said, let alone presented in metaphor. Also, half the time it seems Jesus would take any old situation and turn it into a teaching exercise, so when he said something mundane it might have been a bit of a shock to the system. If he was hungry, he might ask if you have any bread around, but did he mean literal bread or metaphorical bread? And if you ask, will he start teaching again in those confusing parables?
Mokalus of Borg
PS - It might have been safer to assume he was speaking in metaphors all the time.
PPS - But even that would get confusing now and then.
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