Joh 2:5 | JFB | STEP | 4, 5. Woman —no term of disrespect in the language of that day ( ). what . . . to do with thee —that is, "In my Father's business I have to do with Him only." It was a gentle rebuke for officious interference, entering a region from which all creatures were excluded (compare ). mine hour, &c.—hinting that He would do something, but at His own time; and so she understood it ( ).

John 2:5

4, 5. Woman—no term of disrespect in the language of that day (Joh 19:26).

what . . . to do with thee—that is, "In my Father's business I have to do with Him only." It was a gentle rebuke for officious interference, entering a region from which all creatures were excluded (compare Ac 4:19, 20).

mine hour, &c.—hinting that He would do something, but at His own time; and so she understood it (Joh 2:5).