John 7:25-30

25Some of the people in Jerusalem began to say, ‘This is the man that our leaders want to kill.

26But look! He is speaking to the crowds, and the leaders are not saying anything against him! Perhaps they really think that he is the Messiah!

27But we know where this man came from. When the Messiah comes, nobody will know that. Nobody will know where he has come from.’

28Jesus was still teaching in the yard of the temple. He shouted, ‘Yes, you say that you know me. And you know where I came from. But I have not come because I myself decided to come. He who sent me is true. You do not know him.

29But I know him because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me.’

30When they heard this, they tried to take hold of him. But nobody could put their hands on him, because it was not yet the right time.