So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” So the Jews said, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.” So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.” They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me. And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” As he was saying these things, many believed in him.
Comment: I see this passage not as a continuous record of a conversation but as an accurate patchwork of the contents of a conversation that went over some time. Jesus was teaching and I have put His teaching in Italics in the passage above. I have underlined words spoken by some of the listeners. Their approach as they come to Jesus is as earth bound sinners, He presents Himself as God’s Messenger from Above, and goes on to add that when they have crucified Him they will begin to understand.
Prayer: Please make it clearer to me as we continue with the summary of Your teaching.
As I read it! 