Jesus said these things, then went away and hid himself from them. 

Even though he had done so many signs before them they did not believe in him,  so that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled when he said:

‘Lord, who has believed in our word,
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?’

For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah said elsewhere:

‘He has blinded their eyes
and hardened their heart
so that they might not see with their eyes
and understand in their heart and turn around,
and I would heal them.’

Isaiah said these things because he saw [God’s] glory [Christ], and he spoke about him.

Despite that many of the leaders believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess lest they be excommunicated. For they loved the glory of humans more than the glory of God. 

O Love, O God who created me, in your love recreate me.
O Love, who redeemed me,
fill up in me whatever part of your love
has fallen into neglect within me.
O Love, O God, who first loved me,
grant that with my whole heart,
and with my whole soul,
and with my whole strength,
I may love you.

Gertrude the Great