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G3768 means not yet, and John uses it to guard sequence, delay, and appointed timing. The word can describe ordinary narrative order, as when Jesus has not yet entered a village, but John also places it beside the hour of Jesus, the Spirit's post-glorification gift, and the risen Lord's ascent to the Father.
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G3768 means not yet, and John uses it to guard sequence, delay, and appointed timing. The word can describe ordinary narrative order, as when Jesus has not yet entered a village, but John also places it beside the hour of Jesus, the Spirit's post-glorification gift, and the risen Lord's ascent to the Father.
The BSB source-word alignment has 26 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include vvv (11), {has} not yet (5), {had} not yet (4), . . . (1), [is] still to come (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 16:9. Its strongest book concentrations include John (11), Mark (5), 1 Corinthians (2), Hebrews (2).
G3768 means not yet, and John uses it to guard sequence, delay, and appointed timing. The word can describe ordinary narrative order, as when Jesus has not yet entered a village, but John also places it beside the hour of Jesus, the Spirit's post-glorification gift, and the risen Lord's ascent to the Father. Not yet is therefore not the same as never, and it is not permission to force a timetable.
In John it often tells readers that Jesus' mission unfolds under divine timing. His hour cannot be rushed by family pressure, seized by hostile leaders, or reduced to the impatience of those watching from below.
G3768 marks what has not yet arrived in John: Jesus' hour, His public timing, His glorification, His ascent, and several narrative moments that teach readers to wait for God's appointed sequence.
“Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
At Cana, Jesus says His hour has not yet come. The first sign is framed by divine timing before public glory unfolds.
Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
Jesus tells His brothers that His time has not yet come. He will not act according to public pressure or unbelieving timing.
So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
No one lays a hand on Jesus because His hour has not yet come. Hostility is real, but it does not govern His mission.
He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
John explains that the Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified. The word marks salvation-historical sequence.
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 teaches near the treasury and remains unseized because His hour had not yet come. The hour motif controls the danger scene.
“Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
The risen Jesus tells Mary He has not yet ascended to the Father. Resurrection joy is directed toward His continuing return to the Father and His brothers.
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Greek word. not yet
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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G3768 helps readers trust the ordered movement of John's Gospel. At Cana, the hour has not yet come, but the sign still manifests Jesus' glory. In John 7 and John 8, human pressure and official hostility cannot force His hour. In John 7:39, the Spirit's gift is tied to Jesus' glorification, so not yet becomes part of the Gospel's larger sequence from ministry to cross, resurrection, and Spirit-given life.
In John 20:17, the risen Jesus redirects Mary from clinging to Him toward His ascent to the Father. The word is therefore useful for teaching delay, but only with discipline. It does not make every delay a promise. It shows that Jesus' mission is neither late nor rushed.
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G3768 is a negative temporal adverb. It says something has not happened up to the point in view. In John, its significance depends on whether the delayed matter is ordinary sequence, danger, the hour, glorification, or ascent.
Biblical waiting often distinguishes God's appointed time from human demand. John focuses that pattern on Jesus, whose hour, glorification, and return to the Father unfold according to divine purpose.
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