29. So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, "An angel has spoken to Him."
30. Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes.
31. Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
32. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself."
33. But He was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die.
34. The crowd then answered Him, "We have heard out of the Law that the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?"
35. So Jesus said to them, "For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.
36. While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.
37. But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.
38. This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: "Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
39. For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,
40. "He has blinded their eyes and He hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and be converted and I heal them."
41. These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him.
42. Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;