New Century Version

John 11:54-57 New Century Version (NCV)

54. So Jesus no longer traveled openly among the people. He left there and went to a place near the desert, to a town called Ephraim and stayed there with his followers.

55. It was almost time for the Passover Feast. Many from the country went up to Jerusalem before the Passover to do the special things to make themselves pure.

56. The people looked for Jesus and stood in the Temple asking each other, “Is he coming to the Feast? What do you think?”

57. But the leading priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he must tell them. Then they could arrest him.