Questions About Jesus’ Identity

7:25 Then some of the residents of Jerusalem61 began to say, “Isn’t this the man62 they are trying63 to kill? 7:26 Yet here he is, speaking publicly,64 and they are saying nothing to him.65 Do the rulers really know that this man66 is the Christ?67 7:27 But we know where this man68 comes from.69 Whenever the Christ70 comes, no one will know where he comes from.”71

7:28 Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts,72 cried out,73 “You both know me and know where I come from!74 And I have not come on my own initiative,75 but the one who sent me76 is true. You do not know him,77 7:29 but78 I know him, because I have come from him79 and he80 sent me.”

7:30 So then they tried to seize Jesus,81 but no one laid a hand on him, because his time82 had not yet come. 7:31 Yet many of the crowd83 believed in him and said, “Whenever the Christ84 comes, he won’t perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?”85

7:32 The Pharisees86 heard the crowd87 murmuring these things about Jesus,88 so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers89 to arrest him.90 7:33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a little while longer,91 and then92 I am going to the one who sent me. 7:34 You will look for me93 but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”

7:35 Then the Jewish leaders94 said to one another, “Where is he95 going to go that we cannot find him?96 He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed97 among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?98 7:36 What did he mean by saying,99 ‘You will look for me100 but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”