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Jesus answered them, "The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
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The Hour Has Come
The request from the Greeks to see Jesus was more than a simple inquiry; it was a divine signal. Commentators explain that this was the 'predestined hour' Jesus had been waiting for. The arrival of these non-Jews represented the 'first-fruits' of a global harvest, indicating that the time for His mission to expand to all nations had finally come.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The hour is come. The time is come. The word hour commonly means a definite part or a division of a day; but it also is …
The hour is come (εληλυθεν η ωρα). The predestined hour, seen from the start (2:4), mentioned by John (7:30; 8:20) as not yet come…
19th Century
Anglican
And Jesus answered them, saying.—The words are rather the utterance of the thoughts of His own mind, which this visit of the Greeks sugges…
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Baptist
Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of ma…
Curiously enough, John never writes whether Jesus either gave these Greeks an audience or sent a reply back to them. Nevertheless, Jesus’ action it…
16th Century
Protestant
The hour is come. Many explain this as referring to the death of Christ, because through it the glory of Christ was manifested; so that, i…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jesus answered them Not directly and particularly; he did not in plain terms signify what was his will, whether these…
When participating in holy ordinances, particularly the gospel passover, the great desire of our souls should be to see Jesus; to see him as ours, …
13th Century
Catholic
Having described the glory Christ received from the help of his friends and the devotion of the crowd, the Evangelist now describes the g…
