ACC ~ John 8 v20b

THE HOUR OF HIS CHOOSING

AUGUSTINE: This is an instance of power, not of necessity. He waited for this hour. It was not the fated but the fitting and voluntary hour. This was that all might first be fulfilled that was supposed to be fulfilled before his death. TRACTATES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 37.9. [1]

[1] NPNF 1 7:216*.