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Have I spoken (lelalēka). Perfect active indicative as in Joh 15:11; Joh 16:1. Solemn repetition.
When their hour is come (hotan elthēi hē hōra autōn). Indefinite temporal clause, hotan with the second aorist active subjunctive of erchomai, “whenever their hour comes.” The time appointed for these things.
Now that (hoti). Simply “that” (declarative conjunction in indirect discourse. Forewarned is to be forearmed. Cf. Joh 13:19.
From the beginning (ex archēs). As in Joh 6:64 but practically like ap' archēs in Joh 15:27. While Christ was with them, he was the object of attack (Joh 15:18).