Quotes about Misinterpretation
Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
- John 10:6
They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.
- John 11:13
Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”
- John 21:23
But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”
- Acts 2:13
They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
- 1 Timothy 1:7
who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.
- 2 Timothy 2:18
These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
- Jude 1:10
As so often in life, things are not always what it seems.
- Paulo Coelho
Let us never forget that truth, distorted and exaggerated, can become the mother of the most dangerous heresies.
- JC Ryle
A writer's greatest reward is naming something unnamed that many people are feeling. A writer's greatest punishment is being misunderstood. The same words can do both.
- Gloria Steinem
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, and you think it's a pig, it's a pig.
- Gloria Steinem
Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.
- John Henry Newman