<p>7:6 <i>Jesus replied to them: My time is not yet come; but your time is always read</i>y- &quot;My time&quot; surely refers to the time for Him to die on the cross. The phrase is only used elsewhere by Paul about &quot;my time of departure&quot; (2 Tim. 4:6), reflecting how he saw the Lord's death in his death, and thereby was confident in sharing in His resurrection. We need to have the same attitude. The word <i>kairos</i>, &quot;time&quot;, can also refer to a specific time, i.e. a Jewish feast. It is used like this in Lk. 13:1 AV: &quot;There were present at that season some...&quot;, the idea being that there is reference to some who were present in Jerusalem at that feast. So the Lord may mean that<i> His</i> feast, the one at which He was to die, Passover, had not yet come. For the debate was about going up to the feast of Tabernacles, not Passover. But their feast was always prepared NEV &quot;ready&quot;, for they were participating in the feast in a literal manner. The idea seems to be that the Lord's feast, the Passover when He was to die, was not yet prepared. He, and other factors, were not yet prepared. But for their feast of tabernacles, everything was ready for them and they might as well go to it at any time.</p>