John 7:28-32 Part 2 of 2

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, but I know him because I am from him and he sent me." At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. Still, many in the crowd believed in him. They said, "When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man?" The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him. 

because his hour had not yet come 
John 7:8  "You go to the festival. I am not going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come."
John 8:20  Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

Still many in the crowd believed in him 
John 8:30  Even as he spoke, many believed in him.
John 10:42  And in that place many believed in Jesus.
John 11:45  Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
John 12:10-11  So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.
John 12:42a  Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him.

When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man? 
John 2:11  What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.

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