5:28 “Do not be amazed at this, because a time 11 is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
1 sn Woman was a polite form of address (see BDAG 208-9 s.v. γυνή 1), similar to “Madam” or “Ma’am” used in English in different regions.
2 tn Grk “an hour.”
3 tn The verb is plural.
4 tn Grk “an hour.”
5 tn “Here” is not in the Greek text but is supplied to conform to contemporary English idiom.
6 sn See also John 4:27.
7 tn Or “as.” The object-complement construction implies either “as” or “to be.”
8 tn This is a double accusative construction of object and complement with τοιούτους (toioutous) as the object and the participle προσκυνοῦντας (proskunounta") as the complement.
9 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
10 tn Grk “an hour.”
11 tn Grk “an hour.”
12 tn Grk “Jesus answered them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.
13 tn Grk “the hour.”
14 sn Jesus’ reply, the time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified, is a bit puzzling. As far as the author’s account is concerned, Jesus totally ignores these Greeks and makes no further reference to them whatsoever. It appears that his words are addressed to Andrew and Philip, but in fact they must have had a wider audience, including possibly the Greeks who had wished to see him in the first place. The words the time has come recall all the previous references to “the hour” throughout the Fourth Gospel (see the note on time in 2:4). There is no doubt, in light of the following verse, that Jesus refers to his death here. On his pathway to glorification lies the cross, and it is just ahead.