John 12:27-36 - Jesus Predicts His Death
27 "Now my soul is in turmoil, and what should I say "Father, save me from this hour'? No! It was for this very reason that I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name."
29 Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again!" The crowd standing there heard this and said that it was thunder. Others were saying, "An angel has spoken to him."
30 Jesus replied, "This voice is for your benefit, not for mine. 31 Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out. 32 As for me, if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself." 33 He said this to indicate the kind of death he was about to die.
34 Then the crowd answered him, "We have learned from the Law that the Messiah remains forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"
35 Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going. 36 As long as you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light." After Jesus had said this, he went away and hid from them.
21 Later on, he told them again, "I'm going away, and you'll look for me, but you will die in your sin. You cannot come where I'm going."
22 So the Jewish leaders were asking, "He isn't going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said, "You cannot come where I'm going'?"
23 He told them, "You are from below, I'm from above. You are of this world, but I'm not of this world. 24 That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I AM, you'll die in your sins."
25 Then they asked him, "Who are you?" 26 Jesus told them, "What have I been telling you all along? I have much to say about you and to condemn you for. But the one who sent me is truthful, and what I've heard from him I declare to the world."
27 They didn't realize that he was talking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus told them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own authority. Instead, I speak only what the Father has taught me. 29 Moreover, the one who sent me is with me. He has never left me alone, because I always do what pleases him."
30 While he was saying these things, many believed in him.