We present a unified approach to a couple of central limit theorems for radial random walks on hyperbolic spaces and time-homogeneous Markov chains on [0, ∞[ whose transition probabilities are defined in terms of the Jacobi convolutions. The proofs of all results are based on limit results for the associated Jacobi functions. In particular, we consider α → ∞, the case ϕ (α,β) iρ−λ (t) for small λ, and ϕ (α,β) iρ−nλ (t/n) for n → ∞. The proofs of all these limit results are based on the known Laplace integral representation for Jacobi functions. Parts of the results are known, other improve known ones, and other are new.