⁴⁰ Then Jesus went back across the Jordan^(A) to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed,

²⁸ This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,^(A) where John was baptizing.

⁵⁴ Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea.^(A) Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.

Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles

7 After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want^[a] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders^(A) there were looking for a way to kill him.^(B)

²⁶ They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi,^(A) that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified^(B) about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”