A thought on verse 47 - πιστευω ("believe"; the word appears 85 times in John's Gospel). This might just be the most important word in John's Gospel. Worth noting is that faith only appears as a verb: It is always an action. In other words, "Faith" doesn't exist in John's Gospel, but believing does. It is not by intellectual assent that we live, but fully trusting in God. Sadly, it often takes us to get to that moment where all hope has been lost that we actually begin to trust. So where are people today where their hope is lost or at least waining?
