John 7:26-36

26 And here he is, ¹speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ²the authorities really know that this is the Christ?

27 But ³we know ⁴where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, ⁵no one will know where he comes from."

28 So Jesus proclaimed, ⁶as he taught in the temple, ⁷"You know me, and you know where I come from? But ⁸I have not come of my own accord. ⁹He who sent me is true, ¹⁰and him you do not know.

29 ¹¹I know him, for I come ¹²from him, and ¹³he sent me."

30 ¹⁴So they were seeking to arrest him, but ¹⁵no one laid a hand on him, ¹⁶because his hour had not yet come.

31 Yet ¹⁷many of the people believed in him. They said, ¹⁸"When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?"

Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd ¹⁹muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent ²⁰officers to arrest him.

33 Jesus then said, ²¹"I will be with you a little longer, and then ²²I am going to him who sent me.

34 ²³You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come."

35 The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? ²⁴Does he intend to go to ²⁵the Dispersion among ²⁶the Greeks and teach the Greeks?

36 What does he mean by saying, ²⁷'You will seek me and you will not find me,' and, 'Where I am you cannot come'?"