55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the surrounding country before the Passover, so that they could purify themselves. 56 So they were looking for Jesus, and were speaking with one another while[a] standing in the temple courts,[b] “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?” 57 (Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, they should report it,[c] in order that they could arrest him.)

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Footnotes

  1. John 11:56 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“standing”) which is understood as temporal
  2. John 11:56 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
  3. John 11:57 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation