 Now the context of this is certainly interesting. If we're to understand Jesus' words, we must remember that these words were spoken shortly after the Feast of the Tabernacles. I know we don't know much about that and don't study it much in our churches, but let me just give you a little background. According to verse 20, the scene occurred in the treasury. These words Jesus spoke in the treasury as he taught in the temple, John 8, 20.