4-6. Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, even then getting ready to betray him, said, “Why wasn’t this oil sold and the money given to the poor? It would have easily brought three hundred silver pieces.” He said this not because he cared two cents about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of their common funds, but also embezzled them.
34. Voices from the crowd answered, “We heard from God’s Law that the Messiah lasts forever. How can it be necessary, as you put it, that the Son of Man ‘be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
35-36. Jesus said, “For a brief time still, the light is among you. Walk by the light you have so darkness doesn’t destroy you. If you walk in darkness, you don’t know where you’re going. As you have the light, believe in the light. Then the light will be within you, and shining through your lives. You’ll be children of light.”
36-40. Jesus said all this, and then went into hiding. All these God-signs he had given them and they still didn’t get it, still wouldn’t trust him. This proved that the prophet Isaiah was right:God, who believed what we preached?Who recognized God’s arm, outstretched and ready to act?First they wouldn’t believe, then they couldn’t—again, just as Isaiah said:Their eyes are blinded,their hearts are hardened,So that they wouldn’t see with their eyesand perceive with their hearts,And turn to me, God,so I could heal them.
41. Isaiah said these things after he got a glimpse of God’s cascading brightness that would pour through the Messiah.