You can bank on Jesus repeating himself. He is easily misunderstood—a fact which he seems to accept, often with greater patience than you or I might.
“I’m not going to repeat myself!” is a common refrain from exasperated parents. But not from Jesus.
A lot of attention gets paid to Jesus’ antagonism towards the Pharisees. He often seems quite easily perturbed by them, in all their arrogant religiosity. But if you read carefully, there are also times when Jesus seems to slow down, take a breath, and then give them another chance to catch on.
“Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them. Therefore Jesus said again…”
John 10:6-7
Jesus will even repeat himself to slow religious professionals. As a religious professional who certainly has his slow moments, this is good news to my ears.
