53. So from that day on they made plans to put him to death.
54. Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.
55. Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.
56. They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast at all?”