Questions & Answers - Good News Staff - April 1975

Good News Staff

QUESTION: "What did Jesus mean by saying, 'Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come'? (John 2:4.) Also, since it was His mother He was talking to, why didn't He address her as 'mother'? Does this conflict with the commandment: 'Honor thy father and mother'?" ANSWER: Jesus once made a similar statement in reply to a request from His brethren. "Jesus said to them, 'My time has not yet come, but your time is always here'" (John 7:6, RSV used throughout this section unless otherwise indicated). A like expression is repeated in verse 30: "So they sought to arrest him; but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come." Finally, just before His crucifixion, Jesus said to His disciples: "The hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified" (John 12:23; cf., verse 27; 13:1; 17:1). - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library