Ecclesiastes 3:17

3:17 I thought to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked;

for there is an appropriate time for every activity,

and there is a time of judgment for every deed.

John 7:6

7:6 So Jesus replied, “My time has not yet arrived, but you are ready at any opportunity!

Acts 1:7

1:7 He told them, “You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

Acts 17:31

17:31 because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising 10  him from the dead.”


tn The phrase “a time of judgment” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity.

tn Grk “Then Jesus said to them.”

tn Or “my opportunity.”

tn Or “is not yet here.”

tn Grk “your time is always ready.”

tn Grk “It is not for you to know.”

tn Or “fixed.”

sn The world refers to the whole inhabited earth.

tn Or “appointed.” BDAG 723 s.v. ὁρίζω 2.b has “of persons appoint, designate, declare: God judges the world ἐν ἀνδρὶ ᾧ ὥρισεν through a man whom he has appointed Ac 17:31.”

10 tn The participle ἀναστήσας (anasthsa") indicates means here.