John 8:20
These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
Cross-references
Later in John 8:59, they pick up stones to kill Jesus — showing the progression from no arrest to attempted stoning before his hour.
In John 7:8, Jesus says 'my time has not yet fully come' — the same timing theme as 'his hour had not yet come' in 8:20.
John 7:30 says 'no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come' — nearly identical to 8:20.
John 7:44 says 'some wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him' — same protection motif as 8:20.
John 10:39 says 'they sought to arrest him, but he escaped' — another instance of Jesus evading arrest until his hour.
John 2:4 has Jesus telling Mary 'My hour has not yet come,' the same divine timing phrase that explains why no one seized Him in John 8:20.
John 7:6 records Jesus saying 'My time has not yet come,' reinforcing the same theme of divine timing that protected Him from seizure.
John 13:1 says Jesus knew His hour had come to depart, contrasting with John 8:20 where His hour had not yet come.
John 17:1 begins Jesus' prayer with 'Father, the hour has come,' contrasting directly with the earlier 'hour not yet come' in John 8:20.
Luke 20:19 shows the religious leaders wanted to seize Jesus but feared the people, parallel to John 8:20 where no one seized Him because His hour hadn't come.
Mark 14:41 announces that the hour has come for Jesus to be betrayed, directly opposing John 8:20 where His hour had not yet come.
In Mark 12:41, Jesus sits opposite the same temple treasury, observing offerings — same location as his teaching in John 8:20.