John 7:25-36

25Some of the people who lived in Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this the man they want to kill?

26But look at this! He’s speaking in public, and no one is saying anything to him! Can it be that the rulers really know that this man is the Messiah?

27However, we know where this man comes from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.”

28Then, while Jesus was teaching in the temple courtyard, he said loudly, “You know me, and you know where I come from. I didn’t decide to come on my own. The one who sent me is true. He’s the one you don’t know.

29I know him because I am from him and he sent me.”

30The Jews tried to arrest him but couldn’t because his time had not yet come.

31However, many people in the crowd believed in him. They asked, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more miracles than this man has?”

32The Pharisees heard the crowd saying things like this about him. So the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest Jesus.

33Jesus said, “I will still be with you for a little while. Then I’ll go to the one who sent me.

34You will look for me, but you won’t find me. You can’t go where I’m going.”

35The Jews said among themselves, “Where does this man intend to go so that we won’t find him? Does he mean that he’ll live with the Jews who are scattered among the Greeks and that he’ll teach the Greeks?

36What does he mean when he says, ‘You will look for me, but you won’t find me,’ and ‘You can’t go where I’m going’?”