³² When the Pharisees heard that the crowds were in this mood, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Jesus. ³³ But Jesus told them, “Not yet!^[a] I am to be here a little longer. Then I shall return to the one who sent me. ³⁴ You will search for me but not find me. And you won’t be able to come where I am!”

³⁵ The Jewish leaders were puzzled by this statement. “Where is he planning to go?” they asked. “Maybe he is thinking of leaving the country and going as a missionary among the Jews in other lands, or maybe even to the Gentiles! ³⁶ What does he mean about our looking for him and not being able to find him, and, ‘You won’t be able to come where I am’?”