John 7:8

7:8 You go up ¹  to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast ²  because my time ³  has not yet fully arrived.” ⁴ 

John 10:6

10:6 Jesus told them this parable, ⁵  but they ⁶  did not understand ⁷  what he was saying to them.

John 2:11

2:11 Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, ⁸  in Cana ⁹  of Galilee. In this way he revealed ¹⁰  his glory, and his disciples believed in him. ¹¹ 

John 10:18

10:18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down ¹²  of my own free will. ¹³  I have the authority ¹⁴  to lay it down, and I have the authority ¹⁵  to take it back again. This commandment ¹⁶  I received from my Father.”

John 12:27

12:27 “Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me ¹⁷  from this hour’? ¹⁸  No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour. ¹⁹ 

¹ sn One always speaks of “going up” to Jerusalem in Jewish idiom, even though in western thought it is more common to speak of south as “down” (Jerusalem lies south of Galilee). The reason for the idiom is that Jerusalem was identified with Mount Zion in the OT, so that altitude was the issue.

² tc Most mss (Ì^66,75 B L T W Θ Ψ 070 0105 0250 Ë^1,13 Ï sa), including most of the better witnesses, have “not yet” (οὔπω, oupw) here. Those with the reading οὐκ are not as impressive (א D K 1241 al lat), but οὐκ is the more difficult reading here, especially because it stands in tension with v. 10. On the one hand, it is possible that οὐκ arose because of homoioarcton: A copyist who saw oupw wrote ouk. However, it is more likely that οὔπω was introduced early on to harmonize with what is said two verses later. As for Jesus’ refusal to go up to the feast in v. 8, the statement does not preclude action of a different kind at a later point. Jesus may simply have been refusing to accompany his brothers with the rest of the group of pilgrims, preferring to travel separately and “in secret” (v. 10) with his disciples.

³ tn Although the word is καιρός (kairos) here, it parallels John’s use of ὥρα (Jwra) elsewhere as a reference to the time appointed for Jesus by the Father – the time of his return to the Father, characterized by his death, resurrection, and ascension (glorification). In the Johannine literature, synonyms are often interchanged for no apparent reason other than stylistic variation.

⁴ tn Or “my time has not yet come to an end” (a possible hint of Jesus’ death at Jerusalem); Grk “my time is not yet fulfilled.”

⁵ sn A parable is a fairly short narrative that has symbolic meaning. The Greek word παροιμίαν (paroimian) is used again in 16:25, 29. This term does not occur in the synoptic gospels, where παραβολή (parabolh) is used. Nevertheless it is similar, denoting a short narrative with figurative or symbolic meaning.

⁶ tn Grk “these.”

⁷ tn Or “comprehend.”

⁹ tn This sentence in Greek involves an object-complement construction. The force can be either “Jesus did this as,” or possibly “Jesus made this to be.” The latter translation accents not only Jesus’ power but his sovereignty too. Cf. also 4:54 where the same construction occurs.

¹⁰ map For location see Map1-C3; Map2-D2; Map3-C5.

¹¹ tn Grk “in Cana of Galilee, and he revealed.”

¹² tn Or “his disciples trusted in him,” or “his disciples put their faith in him.”

¹³ tn Or “give it up.”

¹⁴ tn Or “of my own accord.” “Of my own free will” is given by BDAG 321 s.v. ἐμαυτοῦ c.

¹⁵ tn Or “I have the right.”

¹⁶ tn Or “I have the right.”

¹⁷ tn Or “order.”

¹⁷ tn Or “save me.”

¹⁸ tn Or “this occasion.”

¹⁹ tn Or “this occasion.”