He answered, “Go into the city [i.e., Jerusalem] to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is near [i.e., to be turned over to the Jewish leaders]; I plan to observe the Passover Festival at your house with my disciples.’”
John 7:8 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) You men go [on] up to the Festival, but I am not going up yet [Note: Although “yet” appears in only a few manuscripts, it seems to be the proper idea here], because my time has not yet come.” [See verse 6]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Go to the Feast yourselves. I am not [yet] going up to the Festival, because My time is not ripe. [My term is not yet completed; it is not time for Me to go.] American Standard Version (1901) Go ye up unto the feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled. Common English Bible You go up to the festival. I’m not going to this one because my time hasn’t yet come.” Catholic Public Domain Version You may go up to this feast day. But I am not going up to this feast day, because my time has not yet been fulfilled." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Go you up to this festival day, but I go not up to this festival day: because my time is not accomplished. |
He answered, “Go into the city [i.e., Jerusalem] to a certain man and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is near [i.e., to be turned over to the Jewish leaders]; I plan to observe the Passover Festival at your house with my disciples.’”
So, Jesus said to her, “[My dear] woman, what do you want me to do [about it]? My time [i.e., to be revealed to people as the Messiah] has not yet come.”
Then they [i.e., the authorities] tried to arrest Jesus, but no one laid a hand on Him because His time had not yet come.
So, Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come [i.e., to be revealed to the world as its Savior], but it is always your time [i.e., they could go to the festival anytime without rousing opposition].
Then after saying these things, Jesus remained in Galilee [i.e., for awhile longer. See next verse].
Jesus spoke these words in the treasury [area of the Temple]. And no one arrested Him because His time had not yet come [i.e., to be turned over to the authorities and killed].