But he is teaching where everyone can see and hear him. And no person is trying to stop him from teaching. Maybe the leaders have decided that he really is the Christ. F109
Jesus was still teaching in the temple F110 area. Jesus said, "Yes, you know me and you know where I am from. But I have not come by my own authority. I was sent by the One (God) who is true. You don't know him.
But many of the people believed in Jesus. The people said, "We are waiting for the Christ F111 to come. When the Christ comes, will he do more miracles F112 than this man (Jesus) has done? No! {So this man must be the Christ.}"
The Pharisees F113 heard these things the people were saying about Jesus. So the leading priests and the Pharisees sent some temple police to arrest Jesus.
These Jews said to each other, "Where will this man go that we cannot find him? Will he go to the Greek cities where our people live? Will he teach the Greek people there?