Bible Strands
John 2:4
“Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses His mother at a wedding feast in Cana after she informs Him that the wine has run out. He responds to her request before the servants act on her instruction.
The words — The supplied Greek lists ἐμοί (emoi) as “to Me myself” and ὥρα (hōra) as “hour.” Jesus uses these terms to mark a distinction between the immediate human need and His divine schedule.
The thread — The concept of a divinely appointed timing appears in John 7:6, John 7:30, and John 13:1. These passages track the progression of Jesus’ mission toward its climax.
Why it lands — The text records Jesus declining to act on human prompting before His appointed time. It requires a reader to recognize that divine action follows a specific schedule rather than immediate human pressure.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
Cross-references
- John 7:6 Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
- John 7:30 So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- John 13:1 It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
- John 8:20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- John 12:23 But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1 To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
- John 19:26 When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
- Matthew 8:29 “What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
- 2 Samuel 16:10 But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”
- 2 Samuel 19:22 And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”