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This newest volume from the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series is designed for those who know biblical languages. It is written primarily for the pastor and Bible teacher, not for the scholar. That is, the aim is not to review and offer a critique of every possible interpretation that has ever been given to a passage, but to exegete each passage of Scripture in John...

IN DEPTH: “Hour” The term “hour” (ὥρα) in John is a technical term that is generally assumed to refer to the death of Jesus on the cross (4:21, 23; 5:25, 28; 7:30; 8:20; 12:23, 27; 13:1; 16:2, 4, 21, 25, 32; 17:1). The term first occurs at 2:4; the occurrences before 12:23 depict the hour in the future, whereas after 12:23 the hour is depicted as being immediate. The term has a technical and established use in the Gospel. As much as it is intimately and directly connected to the death of Jesus,
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