34. The crowd answered, “Our Law tells us that the Messiah will live for ever. How, then, can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
35. Jesus answered, “The light will be among you a little longer. Continue on your way while you have the light, so that the darkness will not come upon you; for the one who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
36. Believe in the light, then, while you have it, so that you will be the people of the light.”After Jesus said this, he went off and hid himself from them.
37. Even though he had performed all these miracles in their presence, they did not believe in him,
38. so that what the prophet Isaiah had said might come true:“Lord, who believed the message we told?To whom did the Lord reveal his power?”
39. And so they were not able to believe, because Isaiah also said: