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John 2:4

Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

KJV

λέγει αὐτῇ ὁ Ἰησοῦς· τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί, γύναι; οὔπω ἥκει ἡ ὥρα μου.

Greek NT

Et dicit ei Jesus : Quid mihi et tibi est, mulier ? nondum venit hora mea.

Vulgate

And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.

ASV

And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what is that to me and to thee? My hour is not yet come.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὔπω
oupo
adverb · 25×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἥκω
eko
verb · 26×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: καὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ
  • καὶ — SBLGNT
  • καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1613On the threshold of his public life Jesus performs his first sign - at his mother's request - during a wedding feast.105 The Church attaches great importance to Jesus' presence at the wedding at Cana. She sees in it the confirmation of the goodness of marriage and the proclamation that thenceforth marriage will be an efficacious sign of Christ's presence.
§2618The Gospel reveals to us how Mary prays and intercedes in faith. At Cana,89 The mother of Jesus asks her son for the needs of a wedding feast; this is the sign of another feast - that of the wedding of the Lamb where he gives his body and blood at the request of the Church, his Bride. It is at the hour of the New Covenant, at the foot of the cross,90 that Mary is heard as the W…
Proofs from the apostolic writings, that Jesus Christ was one and the same, the only begotten Son of God, perfect God and perfect man. 1. But there are some who say that Jesus was merely a receptacle of Christ, upon whom the Christ, as a dove, descended from above, and that when He had declared the unnameable Father He entered into the Pleroma in an incomprehensible and invisib…
1. Beloved, we need much care, much watchfulness, to be able to look into the depth of the Divine Scriptures. For it is not possible to discover their meaning in a careless way, or while we are asleep, but there needs close search, and there needs earnest prayer, that we may be enabled to see some little way into the secrets of the divine oracles. Today, for instance, here is n…
1. Successes have terrible power to cast down or draw aside those who take not heed. Thus the Jews, who at first enjoyed the influence of God, sought the law of royalty from the Gentiles, and in the wilderness after the manna remembered the onions. In the same way here, refusing the Kingdom of Christ, they invited to themselves that of Cæsar. Wherefore God set a king over…
§89Faith also possesses a moral content. It gives rise to and calls for a consistent life commitment; it entails and brings to perfection the acceptance and observance of God's commandments. As Saint John writes, "God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth... And by t…
Was it necessary for Christ to suffer for men's deliverance? Was there any other possible means of delivering men? Was this the more suitable means? Was it fitting for Christ to suffer on the cross? The extent of His sufferings Was the pain which He endured the greatest? Did His entire soul suffer? Did His Passion hinder the joy of fruition? The time of the Passion The place Wa…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 17:18 — And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
  • 2Sam 16:10 — And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
  • 2Sam 19:22 — And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this
  • Eccl 3:1 — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
  • John 7:6 — Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
  • John 7:6 — Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
  • John 7:30 — Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
  • John 8:20 — These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
  • John 12:23 — And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
  • John 13:1 — Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto t
  • John 19:26 — When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
  • John 19:26 — When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
  • John 20:13 — And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him.
  • Mark 3:33 — And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
  • Matt 8:29 — And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
  • Matt 8:29 — And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?