John 7:27-39

Common English Bible

²⁷ We know where he is from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.”

²⁸ While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he exclaimed, “You know me and where I am from. I haven’t come on my own. The one who sent me is true, and you don’t know him. ²⁹ I know him because I am from him and he sent me.” ³⁰ So they wanted to seize Jesus, but they couldn’t because his time hadn’t yet come.

³¹ Many from that crowd believed in Jesus. They said, “When the Christ comes, will he do more miraculous signs than this man does?” ³² The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about Jesus, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent guards to arrest him.

³³ Therefore, Jesus said, “I’m still with you for a little while before I go to the one who sent me. ³⁴ You will look for me, but you won’t find me, and where I am you can’t come.”

³⁵ The Jewish opposition asked each other, “Where does he intend to go that we can’t find him? Surely he doesn’t intend to go where our people have been scattered and are living among the Greeks! He isn’t going to teach the Greeks, is he? ³⁶ What does he mean when he says, ‘You will look for me, but you won’t find me, and where I am you can’t come’?”

³⁷ On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted,

³⁹ Jesus said this concerning the Spirit. Those who believed in him would soon receive the Spirit, but they hadn’t experienced the Spirit yet since Jesus hadn’t yet been glorified.