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John 12:27

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12:27“Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? ‘Father, deliver me55 from this hour’?56 No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour.57

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  1. 55 Or “save me.”
  2. 56 Or “this occasion.” Father, deliver me from this hour. It is now clear that Jesus’ hour has come—the hour of his return to the Father through crucifixion, death, resurrection, and ascension (see 12:23). This will be reiterated in 13:1 and 17:1. Jesus states (employing words similar to those of Ps 6:4) that his soul is troubled. What shall his response to his imminent death be? A prayer to the Father to deliver him from that hour? No, because it is on account of this very hour that Jesus has come. His sacrificial death has always remained the primary purpose of his mission into the world. Now, faced with the completion of that mission, shall he ask the Father to spare him from it? The expected answer is no.
  3. 57 Or “this occasion.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Now my soul is troubled. What should I say—Father, save me from this hour? But that is why I came to this hour.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Now my soul is deeply troubled. Should I pray, ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But this is the very reason I came!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? But for this reason I have come to this hour!

KJV 1900King James Version

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.