Joh 7:25-36 | ESV | STEP | Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said , Is not this the man whom they seek to kill ?

25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom ^athey seek to kill? 26 And here he is, ^bspeaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that ^cthe authorities really know that this is the Christ? 27 But ^dwe know ^ewhere this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, ^fno one will know where he comes from.” 28 So Jesus proclaimed, ^gas he taught in the temple, ^h“You know me, and you know where I come from. But ⁱI have not come of my own accord. ^jHe who sent me is true, ^kand him you do not know. 29 ^lI know him, for I come ^mfrom him, and ⁿhe sent me.” 30 ^oSo they were seeking to arrest him, but ^pno one laid a hand on him, ^qbecause his hour had not yet come. 31 Yet ^rmany of the people believed in him. They said, ^s“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 ^tmuttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent ^uofficers to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, ^v“I will be with you a little longer, and then ^wI am going to him who sent me. 34 ^xYou 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? ^yDoes he intend to go to ^zthe Dispersion among ^aathe Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, ^ab‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”