John 8:59

‘They took up stones therefore to hurl at Him. But Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple.

Unlike many moderns the Judaisers understood His meaning precisely, and in fury they picked up stones to stone Him, willing to risk the wrath of the Romans, although in fact they did have certain rights to inflict the death penalty in cases of open blasphemy. By this they openly demonstrated their desire for His death. But Jesus was able to slip away and hide, we are not told how. No doubt He was assisted by His willing supporters as His enemies went to find their stones. And after this He left the Temple. (‘Going though the midst of them and so passed by' is certainly a later interpolation, although it has fair manuscript support and must have been introduced fairly early in the areas where it was introduced). His end was not to occur yet.