John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 6. Then Jesus said unto them , etc.] 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.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-13 - The brethren or kinsmen of Jesus were disgusted, when they found ther was no prospect of worldly advantages from him. Ungodly men sometime undertake to counsel those employed in the work of God; but they onl advise what appears likely to promote present advantages. The people differed about his doctrine and miracles, while those who favoured him dared not openly to avow their sentiments. Those who count the preachers of the gospel to be deceivers, speak out, while many wh favour them, fear to get reproach by avowing regard for them.
Greek Textus Receptus
λεγει 3004 5719 V-PAI-3S ουν 3767 CONJ αυτοις 846 P-DPM ο 3588 T-NSM ιησους 2424 N-NSM ο 3588 T-NSM καιρος 2540 N-NSM ο 3588 T-NSM εμος 1699 S-1NSM ουπω 3768 ADV παρεστιν 3918 5748 V-PXI-3S ο 3588 T-NSM δε 1161 CONJ καιρος 2540 N-NSM ο 3588 T-NSM υμετερος 5212 S-2NPM παντοτε 3842 ADV εστιν 2076 5748 V-PXI-3S ετοιμος 2092 A-NSM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
6. Time (kairov). See on Matt. xii. 1; Luke i. 20; Acts xii. 1. The appropriate season or juncture.Alway ready. The disciples might at any time associate with the world, with which they were still in sympathy. Not so Jesus, who was in essential antagonism to the world.
