John 7:25-36 - Is Jesus The Christ?
25 At this some of the people of Jerusalem exclaimed: "Is not this the man that they are seeking to put to death? 26 Yet here he is, speaking out boldly, and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that our leading men have really discovered that he is the Christ? 27 Yet we know where this man is from; but, when the Christ comes, no one will be able to tell where he is from."
28 Therefore, Jesus, as he was teaching in the Temple Courts, raised his voice and said: "Yes; you know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own authority, but he who sent me may be trusted; and him you do not know. 29 I do know him, for it is from him that I have come, and he sent me as his Messenger."
30 So they sought to arrest him; but no one touched him, for his time was not come yet. 31 Many of the people, however, believed in him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will he give more signs of his mission than this man has given?"
32 The Pharisees heard the people whispering about him in this way, and so the Chief Priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him;
33 On which Jesus said: "I shall be with you but a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. 34 You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I shall be."
35 "Where is this man going," the Jews asked one another, "that we shall not find him? Will he go to our countrymen abroad, and teach foreigners? 36 What does he mean by saying 'You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I shall be'?"