18 No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.”
19 Again a division arose among the Judeans because of these words.
20 Many of them were saying, “He has a demon. He’s insane! Why listen to Him?”
21 Others said, “These are not the sayings of someone who is plagued by a demon. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can it?”
22 Then came Hanukkah; it was winter in Jerusalem.
23 Yeshua was walking in the Temple around Solomon’s Colonnade.
24 Then the Judean leaders surrounded Him, saying, “How long will You hold us in suspense? If You are the Messiah, tell us outright!”