John 2:4

Jesus addresses Mary as 'Woman' and says His 'hour' has not yet come, signaling that His mission follows the Father's timing. He gently establishes that His actions are governed by God's plan, not family requests.

Cross-references · 17

• John 7:6Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
• John 7:30So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
• John 13:1It 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 8:20He 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 12:23But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
• Eccl 3:1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
• John 19:26–27When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
• Matt 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 Sam 19:22And 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?”
• 2 Sam 16:10But 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?’”
• Gal 2:5–6We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
• John 20:13“Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked. “Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.”
• Matt 15:28“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
• Deut 33:9He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
• Luke 2:49“Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”
• John 20:15“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
• 2 Cor 5:16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

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