John 4:21

4:21 Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, ¹  a time ²  is coming when you will worship ³  the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

John 4:23

4:23 But a time ⁴  is coming – and now is here ⁵  – when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks ⁶  such people to be ⁷  his worshipers. ⁸ 

John 5:25

5:25 I tell you the solemn truth, ⁹  a time ¹⁰  is coming – and is now here – when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

John 5:28

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

John 12:23

12:23 Jesus replied, ¹²  “The time ¹³  has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. ¹⁴ 

[4:21]  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.

[4:21]  ² tn Grk “an hour.”

[4:21]  ³ tn The verb is plural.

[4:23]  ⁴ tn Grk “an hour.”

[4:23]  ⁵ tn “Here” is not in the Greek text but is supplied to conform to contemporary English idiom.

[4:23]  ⁶ sn See also John 4:27.

[4:23]  ⁷ tn Or “as.” The object-complement construction implies either “as” or “to be.”

[4:23]  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.

[5:25]  ⁹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[5:25]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “an hour.”

[5:28]  ¹¹ tn Grk “an hour.”

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

[12:23]  ¹³ tn Grk “the hour.”

[12:23]  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.