²⁷ “Now my soul is troubled,^(A) and what shall I say? ‘Father,^(B) save me from this hour’?^(C) No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. ²⁸ Father, glorify your name!”

Then a voice came from heaven,^(D) “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” ²⁹ The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.

³⁰ Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit,^(E) not mine. ³¹ Now is the time for judgment on this world;^(F) now the prince of this world^(G) will be driven out. ³² And I, when I am lifted up^[a] from the earth,^(H) will draw all people to myself.”^{(I) 33} He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.^(J)

³⁴ The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law^(K) that the Messiah will remain forever,^(L) so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man^(M) must be lifted up’?^(N) Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”

³⁵ Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light^(O) just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light,^(P) before darkness overtakes you.^(Q) Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. ³⁶ Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.”^(R) When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.^(S)

Belief and Unbelief Among the Jews

³⁷ Even after Jesus had performed so many signs^(T) in their presence, they still would not believe in him. ³⁸ This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:

³⁹ For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:

⁴¹ Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory^(W) and spoke about him.^(X)

⁴² Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him.^(Y) But because of the Pharisees^(Z) they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;^{(AA) 43} for they loved human praise^(AB) more than praise from God.^(AC)