12:23 The hour has come. In contrast to earlier statements that His time had not yet come (2:4; 7:6, 8, 30; 8:20), this is the first of a number of statements that Christ’s death and resurrection are at hand (v. 27; 13:1; 16:32; 17:1). The cross and burial themselves are described elsewhere as His humiliation (Phil. 2:8). This humiliation is the way by which Christ the Mediator, following the days of His resurrection on earth, must enter the glory of His ascension to the Father’s right hand (13:31, 32; cf. Phil. 2:8, 9).