John 12:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. The hour is come, that the Son of man, etc. - The time is just at hand in which the Gospel shall be preached to all nations, the middle wall of partition broken down, and Jews and Gentiles united in one fold. But this could not be till after his death and resurrection, as the succeeding verse teaches. The disciples were the first fruits of the Jews; these Greeks, the first fruits of the Gentiles.