26. Here he is! He is speaking openly. They aren't saying a word to him. Have the authorities really decided that he is the Christ?
27. But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from."
28. Jesus was still teaching in the temple courtyard. He cried out, "Yes, you know me. And you know where I am from. I am not here on my own. The One who sent me is true. You do not know him.
29. But I know him. I am from him, and he sent me."
30. When he said this, they tried to arrest him. But no one laid a hand on him. His time had not yet come.
31. Still, many people in the crowd put their faith in him. They said, "How will it be when the Christ comes? Will he do more miraculous signs than this man?"
32. The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering things like this about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
33. Jesus said, "I am with you for only a short time. Then I will go to the One who sent me.
34. You will look for me, but you won't find me. You can't come where I am going."
35. The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man plan to go? Does he think we can't find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks? Will he go there to teach the Greeks?
36. What did he mean when he said, 'You will look for me, but you won't find me'? And, 'You can't come where I am going'?"