The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

The people [`The multitude' ochlos (G3793 )] answered him, We have heard out of the law - meaning the Scriptures of the Old Testament: referring, no doubt, to such places as Psalms 89:28-19; Psalms 110:4; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:13.

That Christ (the Christ,' the promised Messiah), abideth forever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? How can that consist with this "uplifting?" They saw very well both that He was holding Himself up as the Christ, and a Christ to die a violent death; and as that ran counter to all their ideas of the Messianic prophecies, they were glad to get this seeming advantage to justify their unyielding attitude.

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