54 Jesus therefore no longer walked openly(A) among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness,(B) to a town called Ephraim, and he stayed there with the disciples.

55 Now the Jewish Passover(C) was near, and many went up to Jerusalem(D) from the country to purify themselves before the Passover. 56 They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple,(E) “What do you think? He won’t come to the festival,(F) will he?”

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