24 Stop judging by external standards, and judge by true standards.”
25 Some of the people of Jerusalem said, “Isn't this the man the authorities are trying to kill?
26 Look! He is talking in public, and they say nothing against him! Can it be that they really know that he is the Messiah?
27 But when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from. And we all know where this man comes from.”
28 As Jesus taught in the Temple, he said in a loud voice, “Do you really know me and know where I am from? I have not come on my own authority. He who sent me, however, is truthful. You do not know him,
29 but I know him, because I come from him and he sent me.”
30 Then they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.