John 12:23

12:23 Jesus replied, ¹  “The time ²  has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. ³ 

John 13:38

13:38 Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? ⁴  I tell you the solemn truth, ⁵  the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times!

John 13:26

13:26 Jesus replied, ⁶  “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread ⁷  after I have dipped it in the dish.” ⁸  Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish ⁹  and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son.

[12:23]  ¹ tn Grk “Jesus answered them, saying.” The participle λέγων (legwn) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.

[12:23]  ² tn Grk “the hour.”

[12:23]  ³ 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.

[13:38]  ⁴ tn Or “Will you die willingly for me?”

[13:38]  ⁵ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[13:26]  ⁷ tn Grk “Jesus answered.”

[13:26]  ⁸ sn The piece of bread was a broken-off piece of bread (not merely a crumb).

[13:26]  ⁹ tn Grk “after I have dipped it.” The words “in the dish” are not in the Greek text, but the presence of a bowl or dish is implied.

[13:26]  ¹⁰ tn The words “in the dish” are not in the Greek text, but the presence of a bowl or dish is implied.