52. And not for the nation only, but also so that He might gather together into one the scattered children of God.
53. So from that day on, they plotted to kill Him.
54. Therefore Yeshua no longer walked openly among the Judeans, but went from there to the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with His disciples.
55. Now the Jewish Passover was near; and many people went up out of the regions to Jerusalem before Passover, to purify themselves.
56. So they were searching for Yeshua, saying to one another as they stood in the Temple, “What do you think? Won’t He come to the feast at all?”
57. Now the ruling kohanim and Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it so that they might arrest Him.