35 So Jesus said to them, You will have the Light only a little while
longer. Walk while you have the Light [keep on living by it], so that darkness
may not overtake and overcome you. He who walks about in the dark does not know
where he goes [he is drifting].
36 While you have the Light, believe in the Light [have faith in it, hold to it,
rely on it], that you may become sons of the Light and be filled with Light.
Jesus said these things, and then He went away and hid Himself from them [was
lost to their view].
37 Even though He had done so many miracles before them (right before their
eyes), yet they still did not trust in Him and failed to believe in Him--
38 So that what Isaiah the prophet said was fulfilled: Lord, who has believed
our report and our message? And to whom has the arm (the power) of the Lord been
shown (unveiled and revealed)? (Isa 53:1 )
39 Therefore they could not believe [they were unable to believe]. For Isaiah
has also said,
40 He has blinded their eyes and hardened and benumbed their [callous,
degenerated] hearts [He has made their minds dull], to keep them from seeing
with their eyes and understanding with their hearts and minds and repenting and
turning to Me to heal them.
41 Isaiah said this because he saw His glory and spoke of Him. (Isa 6:9, 10 )
42 And yet [in spite of all this] many even of the leading men (the authorities
and the nobles) believed and trusted in Him. But because of the Pharisees they
did not confess it, for fear that [if they should acknowledge Him] they would be
expelled from the synagogue;
43 For they loved the approval and the praise and the glory that come from men
[instead of and] more than the glory that comes from God. [They valued their
credit with men more than their credit with God.]