“Hæc verba locutus est Jesus in gazophylacio, docens in templo : et nemo apprehendit eum, quia necdum venerat hora ejus.”
“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.”
“He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.”
“Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.”
“These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come.”
[2.] At last he put them all to shame and silence with one word: He lifted up himself, awaking as one out of sleep (Ps 78 65), and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
Verses 17-20 If we knew Christ better, we should know the Father better. Those become vain in their imaginations concerning God, who will not learn of Christ. Those who know not his glory and grace, know not the Father that sent him. The time of our departure out of the world, depends upon God. Our enemies cannot hasten it any sooner, nor can our friends delay it any longer, than the time appointed of the Father. Every true believer can look up and say with pleasure, My times are in thy hand, and better there than in my own. To all God's purposes there is a time.