<p>2:29 <i>Brothers, I may say to you freely about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day</i>- The Greek for &ldquo;freely&rdquo; means boldly, confidently, openly. This was a characteristic of Peter's public speaking (Acts 4:13,31), and it is used frequently in the New Testament of our boldness. We must ask ourselves whether we experience this; such a characteristic arises from trust that truly, we have been forgiven and will by grace live eternally. The Lord recognized the influence of the synagogue upon them when He said that He spoke to them in parables, and would later speak to them plainly (Jn. 16:25)- when He had earlier spoken to the Jewish world in parables rather than plainly, because they did not understand (Mk. 4:34). And yet they got there in the end. He spoke to them in the end &quot;plain words&quot; (<i>parresia</i>), and this word is the watchword of the disciples' own witness to the world (Acts 2:29; 4:13,29,31; 28:31). They spoke &quot;plainly&quot; <i>(parresia</i>) to the world, without parables, because they reflected to the world the nature of their understanding of their Lord. However, during His ministry, it would appear that the Lord treated them as if they were still in the Jewish world. When they asked Him why He spoke to <i>the people</i> in parables, He replies by explaining why He spoke <i>to them</i> in parables; and He drives the point home that it is to those &ldquo;outside&rdquo; that He speaks in parables (Mk. 4:11). &nbsp;</p>