30. Jesus said, “That voice was for you and not for me.
31. Now is the time for the world to be judged. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.
32. I will be lifted up from the earth. When that happens, I will draw all people to myself.”
33. Jesus said this to show how he would die.
34. The people said, “But our law says that the Messiah will live forever. So why do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
35. Then Jesus said, “The light will be with you for only a short time more. So walk while you have the light. Then the darkness will not catch you. People who walk in the darkness don’t know where they are going.
36. So put your trust in the light while you still have it. Then you will be children of light.” When Jesus finished saying these things, he went away to a place where the people could not find him.
37. The people saw all these miraculous signs Jesus did, but they still did not believe in him.
38. This was to give full meaning to what Isaiah the prophet said: “Lord, who believed what we told them? Who has seen the Lord’s power?” Isaiah 53:1
39. This is why the people could not believe. Because Isaiah also said,