John 12:27
Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour.
KJV
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
⋯
Commentary
0 voicesVoices on this verse
loading…Original language & word study
23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| Νῦν | Nun | Now | G3568 → |
| ἡ | hē | the | G3588 → |
| ψυχή | psuchē | soul | G5590 → |
| μου | mou | of Mine | G3165 → |
| τετάρακται, | tetaraktai | has been troubled, | G5015 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τί | ti | what | G5101 → |
| εἴπω; | eipō | shall I say? | G2036 → |
| πάτερ, | pater | Father, | G3962 → |
| σῶσόν | sōson | do save | G4982 → |
| με | me | Me | G3165 → |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 → |
| τῆς | tēs | <the> | G3588 → |
| ὥρας | hōras | hour | G5610 → |
| ταύτης; | tautēs | this.’? | G3778 → |
| ἀλλὰ | alla | But | G235 → |
| διὰ | dia | on account of | G1223 → |
| τοῦτο | touto | this | G3778 → |
| ἦλθον | ēlthon | I came | G2064 → |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → |
| τὴν | tēn | <the> | G3588 → |
| ὥραν | hōran | hour | G5610 → |
| ταύτην. | tautēn | this. | G3778 → |
The walk
Featured studies on this passage
Walks through John 12
The Bronze Serpent
Christ's own chosen picture of his death. A four-moment story across 1,400 years: sin and plague, command and cure, idolatry and smashing, crucifixion and fulfillment.
Open the study →
Walks through John 12
Theological Words
Eight words that carry the Bible's theology — agape, chesed, logos, hilastērion, berith, shalom, emunah, doxa — each a door into its full workbench page.
Open the study →
Walks through John 12
Mary and Martha: Luke 10:38–42
Open the study →
Walks through John 12
Why Jesus Spoke in Parables
The disciples asked the question outright — Matthew 13:10 — and Jesus answered it from Isaiah 6. One form of speech that reveals and conceals at once, and the text says both without blushing.
Open the study →
Walks through John 12
Predestination and Election
Open the study →
Walks through John 12
Satan
The adversary of Scripture — serpent in a garden, dragon in a lake of fire, and a real fallen being whose defeat was sealed at the cross.
Open the study →
About John

