John 7:6

John 7:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore Jesus told them, “My time is not yet here; for you any time will do.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

Context of John 7:6

4No one does things secretly when he wants to be known publicly. If you do these things, you should let the world see you.” 5Even his brothers didn’t believe in him. Jesus told them, “Now is not the right time for me to go. Any time is right for you. 7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I say that what everyone does is evil. 8Go to the festival. I’m not going to this festival right now. Now is not the right time for me to go.”

John 7:6 word by word

Λέγει οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ὁ καιρὸς ὁ ἐμὸς οὔπω πάρεστιν, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὁ ὑμέτερος πάντοτέ ἐστιν ἕτοιμος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Myἐμόςemos · mineG1699
• timeκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540
• isπάρειμιpareimi · be presentG3918
• not yetοὔπωoupō · not yetG3768
• butδέde · thenG1161
• yourὑμέτεροςhumeteros · yourG5212
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• alwayπάντοτεpantote · alwaysG3842
• readyἕτοιμοςhetoimos · readyG2092

Cross-references for John 7:6

• John 7:8Go to the festival. I’m not going to this festival right now. Now is not the right time for me to go.”
• John 2:4Jesus said to her, “Why did you come to me? My time has not yet come.”
• John 8:20Jesus spoke these words while he was teaching in the treasury area of the temple courtyard. No one arrested him, because his time had not yet come.
• John 13:1Before the Passover festival, Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go back to the Father. Jesus loved his own who were in the world, and he loved them to the end.
• John 17:1After saying this, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the time is here. Give your Son glory so that your Son can give you glory.
• Psalms 102:13You will rise and have compassion on Zion, because it is time to grant a favor to it. Indeed, the appointed time has come.
• Ecclesiastes 3:1Everything has its own time, and there is a specific time for every activity under heaven:
• Acts 1:7Jesus told them, “You don’t need to know about times or periods that the Father has determined by his own authority.

Commentaries on John 7:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6My time is not yet come - It is probable our Lord meant no more than this, that he had some business to transact before he could go to Jerusalem; but his brethren, having nothing to hinder them might set off immediately. Others think he speaks of his passion: My time of suffering is not yet come: as ye are still in friendship with the world, ye need not be under any apprehension of danger: ye may go when ye please. The first sense I think is the best.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6My time … - The proper time for my going up to the feast. We know not why it was not yet a proper time for him to go. It might be because if he went then, in their company, while multitudes were going, it would have too much the appearance of parade and ostentation; it might excite too much notice, and be more likely to expose him to the envy and opposition of the rulers. Your time … - It makes no difference to you when you go up. Your going will excite…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8My time has not yet come: Jesus said that it was not the right time for him to go publicly to Jerusalem. Later, however, he did go to the city. He went quietly and not in a public way (7:10; compare study note on 12:23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-106-10. My time is not yet come--that is, for showing Himself to the world. your time is always ready--that is "It matters little when we go up, for ye have no great plans in life, and nothing hangs upon your movements. With Me it is otherwise; on every movement of Mine there hangs what ye know not. The world has no quarrel with you, for ye bear no testimony against it, and so draw down upon yourselves none of its wrath; but I am here to lift up My voice…Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings