en_tn_lite_do_not_use/jhn/08/20.md

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General Information:

Here there is a break in Jesus's speaking where the author give us background information regarding where Jesus had been teaching. Some languages may require the information about the setting to be placed at the beginning of this part of the story in John 8:12. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background)

his hour had not yet come

The word "hour" is a metonym for the time for Jesus to die. Alternate translation: "it was not yet the right time for Jesus to die" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)