8:26
There is a mixture of judging and not judging in John. There is no need for us to meet Jesus as judge, for He came to save us. But if we persist in unbelief then we will be judged by Him, and all His words will turn out to be words of judgement. Jesus simply continued to tell them what His Father had told Him to say.
8:27-30
True to form they failed to understand what Jesus was saying. The term used for “lifted up” means “exalted”. It is used elsewhere in John as referring to the crucifixion, and commentators seem to take it that way, but that doesn’t make sense here. Yes they would put Jesus on a cross, but they didn’t realise then who He was anymore than they did at this point. It seems better to take it as “if you exalt me then you will know that I am He ...” If we try to reach Jesus by reasoning alone we will not get very far. It is only when we put faith in Him, when we recognise Him as Lord, then everything starts to make sense. But we want to use reason first, not faith. Faith is not unreasonable, but reason stems from faith.
The Father was always with the Son, and the Son lived His life in perfect obedience to the Father. If we do what pleases the Lord we can be confident that He will always be with us.
Some put their faith in Him. This was not necessarily saving faith. Going by the context it is difficult to work out.
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