Study Desk

But many of the people believed in Jesus. They said, "We are waiting for the Messiah to come. When he comes, will he do more miraculous signs than this man has done?"

You will look for me, but you will not find me. And you cannot come where I am."

He says, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me.' He also says, ‘You cannot come where I am.' What does this mean?"

Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the Temple area, near the room where the Temple offerings were kept. But no one arrested him, because the right time for him had not yet come.

Again, Jesus said to the people, "I will leave you. You will look for me, but you will die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going."

I am not trying to get honor for myself. There is one who wants this honor for me. He is the judge.

The Jewish leaders still did not believe that this really happened to the man—that he was blind and was now healed. But later they sent for his parents.

But we don't know why he can see now. We don't know who healed his eyes. Ask him. He is old enough to answer for himself."

The man who guards the gate opens the gate for the shepherd. And the sheep listen to the voice of the shepherd. He calls his own sheep, using their names, and he leads them out.

So Jesus said again, "I assure you, I am the gate for the sheep.

"I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.

The man runs away because he is only a paid worker. He does not really care for the sheep.

"I am the shepherd who cares for the sheep. I know my sheep just as the Father knows me. And my sheep know me just as I know the Father. I give my life for these sheep.

It was winter, and the time came for the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem.

But he said to them, "The many wonderful things you have seen me do are from the Father. Which of these good things are you killing me for?"

They answered, "We are not killing you for any good thing you did. But you say things that insult God. You are only a man, but you say you are the same as God! That is why we are trying to kill you!"

So why do you accuse me of insulting God for saying, ‘I am God's Son'? I am the one God chose and sent into the world.

When Jesus heard this he said, "The end of this sickness will not be death. No, this sickness is for the glory of God. This has happened to bring glory to the Son of God."

And I am glad I was not there. I am happy for you because now you will believe in me. We will go to him now."

Jesus arrived in Bethany and found that Lazarus had already been dead and in the tomb for four days.