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SBL Greek New Testament

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John 12

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john.12.hour12

ἐλήλυθεν ἡ ὥρα

TRANSLATIONhigh confidence

What has arrived for the Son of Man?

Hōra is literally an hour, but here it names the appointed moment rather than sixty minutes.

Why this default

“The hour has come” is default because hōra completes John’s repeated appointed-hour imagery rather than referring merely to sixty minutes. “Time” is idiomatic, while “appointed moment” explains the narrative function at the cost of the recurring noun.

Evidence

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Project defaultThe hour has come

Project default · Johannine image preserved

AlternativeThe time has come

Idiomatic English

AlternativeThe appointed moment has come

Function foregrounded

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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