John 7:6

6 Then Jesus said unto them, "My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready.

John 7:6 Meaning and Commentary

John 7:6

Then Jesus said unto them
In answer to their solicitations and arguments used with him, to go up to the feast:

my time is not yet come;
meaning, not the time of his death, or of his exaltation and glorification, or of the showing of himself forth unto the world; though all this was true; but of his going up to this feast; as appears from ( John 7:8 ) ;

but your time is always ready;
intimating, they might go at any time; their lives were not in any danger, as his was, and had nothing to consult about the preservation of them; it was all one to them when they went up, whether before the feast, that they might be ready for it, or at the beginning, middle, or end of it, as to any notice that would be taken of them, unless they should be guilty of an omission of their duty; but not on any other account; which was not his case.

John 7:6 In-Context

4 For no man doeth anything in secret if he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, show thyself to the world."

5 For neither did His brethren believe in Him.

6 Then Jesus said unto them, "My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready.

7 The world cannot hate you, but Me it hateth, because I testify of it that the works thereof are evil.

8 Go ye up unto this feast. I go not up yet unto this feast, for My time is not yet fully come."