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?”
Jesus responds to accusations that he is just the carpenter's son from Nazareth. Yes, they know him, but he speaks with the authority of One they do not know.
Some believe in Jesus because they cannot imagine the Messiah doing more than Jesus has been doing. The gospel writer again emphasizes timing; it is not yet time for the authorities to apprehend Jesus.
John 7: 32-36, Pharisees on the move
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’?”
As the Pharisees make plans to arrest Jesus, Jesus announces that he will return to the Father. This confuses the crowds, who wonder if he will run away, into the "Greek" lands. As Jesus has always been friendly to the Gentiles, this is a reasonable guess.
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