John 12:21

21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

Ver. 21. Sir, we would see Jesus ] That is, we would have private conference with him; for they had seen him, likely, as he came riding into the city. Our Saviour seems not to have yet admitted them, because the time appointed for their calling was not yet come. "Everything is beautiful in its time," Ecclesiastes 3:11 ; but as fish and flesh, so other things too, are naught out of season.