John 12:27 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

“Now my heart is distressed; and what shall I say [i.e., to God]? ‘Father, bring me safely through this time.’ But, this is the reason I came [to earth]; to [go through] such a time.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now My soul is troubled and distressed, and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour [of trial and agony]? But it was for this very purpose that I have come to this hour [that I might undergo it].

American Standard Version (1901)

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour.

Common English Bible

“Now I am deeply troubled. What should I say? ‘Father, save me from this time’? No, for this is the reason I have come to this time.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say? Father, save me from this hour? But it is for this reason that I came to this hour.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause I came unto this hour.

John 12:27 Cross References