²⁴wDo not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Can This Be the Christ?

²⁵Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom xthey seek to kill? ²⁶And here he is, yspeaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that zthe authorities really know that this is the Christ? ²⁷But awe know bwhere this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, cno one will know where he comes from.” ²⁸So Jesus proclaimed, das he taught in the temple, a“You know me, and you know where I come from. But eI have not come of my own accord. fHe who sent me is true, gand him you do not know. ²⁹hI know him, for I come ifrom him, and jhe sent me.” ³⁰kSo they were seeking to arrest him, but lno one laid a hand on him, mbecause his hour had not yet come. ³¹Yet nmany of the people believed in him. They said, o“When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”

Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus

³²The Pharisees heard the crowd pmuttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent qofficers to arrest him. ³³Jesus then said, r“I will be with you a little longer, and then sI am going to him who sent me. ³⁴tYou will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” ³⁵The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? uDoes he intend to go to vthe Dispersion among wthe Greeks and teach the Greeks? ³⁶What does he mean by saying, x‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”

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