John 10:6 Explained | When You Don’t Understand Jesus Yet (Patience, Formation, and Slow Scripture)

Formation to Transformation | A Worship Devotional · Jan 21, 2026 · 5m

John 10:6 might be one of the most underrated verses in this whole passage. Jesus teaches, and John simply says they did not understand what He was telling them. Not because they were hostile. Not because they were rejecting Him. They just did not get it yet.

That honesty is a gift, because it normalizes something many of us feel but rarely admit. You can be close to Jesus and still not understand. Confusion is not always resistance. Sometimes it’s just slowness. Sometimes you are being formed.

John calls this a parable, a figure of speech, and Jesus is doing more than giving definitions…