to be circumcised on his eighth day. If this day was a Sabbath, the obligation to circumcise that day overrode the obligation to rest on the Sabbath (). Jews familiar with both laws would also have been familiar with the rule of precedence between them. But Jesus then refers to the healing at the Temple on the Sabbath day of a man who had had an infirmity for thirty-eight years (), on account of which the Jews wanted to kill Jesus (): "Are you angry with Me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?" () The responses to Jesus' teaching identified in this section are: Some people were impressed: "He is good" (, a) Others said, "No, on the contrary, He deceives the people" (, b) Discussion is restricted: "no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews" () Some people marveled, saying, "How does this Man know letters, having never studied?" () Some wanted to kill Him () Some suggested He was "crazy and perhaps paranoid": "You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?" () Some were angry with Him () Some recognized Him as the Messiah and believed in Him () Some denied that He could be the Messiah: "We know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from" () No one laid a hand on Him, because (according to the evangelist), "His hour had not yet come". () The debate or "murmurings" about whether Jesus could be the Messiah came to the attention of the Pharisees, and they and the Chief Priests "sent officers in order to take him into custody".(). In this verse and in verse , "the reader is for the first time informed that the Pharisees and the chief priests try to arrest Jesus but do not succeed. This anticipates their new initiatives in chapters 9 to 12, where they finally achieve their plans. Jesus' impending departure Then Jesus said "I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me. You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come." () The evangelist has noted twice in this chapter that Jesus' time has not yet come ( and ), but in a little while (), the time will come for Jesus to depart. The word