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The crowd standing there and hearing it said that it had thundered; others said, "An angel spoke to him."
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Yeshua answered, "This bat-kol did not come for my sake but for yours.
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Now is the time for this world to be judged, now the ruler of this world will be expelled.
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As for me, when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself."
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He said this to indicate what kind of death he would die.
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The crowd answered, "We have learned from the Torah that the Messiah remains forever. How is it that you say the Son of Man has to be `lifted up'? Who is this `Son of Man'?"
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Yeshua said to them, "The light will be with you only a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, or the dark will overtake you; he who walks in the dark doesn't know where he's going.
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While you have the light, put your trust in the light, so that you may become people of light." Yeshua said these things, then went off and kept himself hidden from them.
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Even though he had performed so many miracles in their presence, they still did not put their trust in him,
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in order that what Yesha`yahu the prophet had said might be fulfilled, "ADONAI, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of ADONAI been revealed?"
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The reason they could not believe was -- as Yesha`yahu said elsewhere --