Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
The hour is come (elhluqen h wra). The predestined hour, seen from the start (John 2:4), mentioned by John (John 7:30; John 8:20) as not yet come and later as known by Jesus as come (John 13:1), twice again used by Jesus as already come (in the prayer of Jesus, John 17:1; Mark 14:41, just before the betrayal in the Garden). The request from the Greeks for this interview stirs the heart of Jesus to its depths.
That the Son of man should be glorified (ina docasqh o uiov tou anqrwpou). Purpose clause with ina (not in the sense of ote, when) and the first aorist passive subjunctive of docazw, same sense as in John 12:16, John 13:31. The Cross must come before Greeks can really come to Jesus with understanding. But this request shows that interest in Jesus now extends beyond the Jewish circles.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Mark 14:35
John 2:4
John 7:39
John 12:2
John 12:16
John 12:26
John 12:28
John 13:1
John 16:2
John 16:32
John 17:1
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