“‘While you have the light,

Believe in the light.

Thus,

You may become

Children of the light.’

When Jesus had said this,

He departed.

He hid from them.”

ὡς τὸ φῶς ἔχετε, πιστεύετε εἰς τὸ φῶς, ἵνα υἱοὶ φωτὸς γένησθε. Ταῦτα ἐλάλησεν Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἀπελθὼν ἐκρύβη ἀπ’ αὐτῶν.

Then John uniquely indicated that Jesus said that while they had the light (ὡς τὸ φῶς ἔχετε), they should believe (πιστεύετε) in the light (εἰς τὸ φῶς).  Thus, they would become (γένησθε) the children or sons of the light (ἵνα υἱοὶ φωτὸς), not the sons of darkness.  After Jesus (Ἰησοῦς) had said this (Ταῦτα ἐλάλησεν), he departed (καὶ ἀπελθὼν) and hid (ἐκρύβη) from them (ἀπ’ αὐτῶν).  Jesus ended this discourse with the crowd by once again telling them to believe in the light, himself, so that they would become the children of the light.  With that, he was gone.  Jesus got up and went away and hid himself from them.  Have you ever hidden yourself from other people?

“Thus,

They picked up stones

To throw

At Jesus.

But Jesus hid himself.

He went out

Of the Temple.”

ἦραν οὖν λίθους ἵνα βάλωσιν ἐπ’ αὐτόν· Ἰησοῦς δὲ ἐκρύβη καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ.

John uniquely indicated that after Jesus made this assertion that he was God, the Jewish leaders picked up stones (ἦραν οὖν λίθους) to throw at Jesus (ἵνα βάλωσιν ἐπ’ αὐτόν).  However, Jesus (Ἰησοῦς) hid himself (δὲ ἐκρύβη).  He went out (καὶ ἐξῆλθεν) of the Temple (ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ).  This statement by Jesus that he was eternal like Yahweh really upset the Jewish people.  They were going to stone him.  However, Jesus escaped, as he often did in the synoptics also.  Have you ever hidden yourself?