John 7:25-36 25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah? 27 But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.” 28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him, 29 but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.” 30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him. They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man?” 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him. 33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me. 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.” 35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
Some people in Jerusalem saw Jesus preaching in the temple, but the Jewish leaders didn’t say anything, then they said, “Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah?” It’s not so, the Jewish leaders wanted to arrest Jesus, but they didn’t do anything, because his hour had not yet come. They only knew that Jesus was the son of Joseph the carpenter, and they did not believe that he was the Christ or Messiah sent by God the Father. What does Christ mean? Christ or Messiah means the anointed one, the one anointed by the Spirit of God, the Savior. The Old Testament prophesied the coming of Christ. Micah 5:2 prophesied that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Matthew 2:23 tells us that the Lord Jesus grew up in Nazareth of Galilee. These Jews did not know the Old Testament, so they did not know where Christ came from. When Jesus said that God the Father sent him, they didn’t believe. Jesus did many signs and wonders, they still didn’t believe. But there are many people who saw many miracles Jesus performed and they believed. Jesus also prophesied that he would return to God the Father who sent him soon, that is, he would be crucified on the cross, resurrected three days later and ascended to heaven, and returned to God the Father, he came down from heaven as man and would return to heaven. They didn’t understand what he said. I hope that those who have not yet believed, believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Lord and Savior of our lives.
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