John 11:45-57

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

⁴⁵ Therefore many of the Jews— the ones having come to Mary, and having seen the things which He did— believed in Him.

Some Told The Pharisees. Caiaphas Prophesies, Better For One To Die For The People

⁴⁶ But some^[a] of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus did. ⁴⁷ So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together a council^[b]. And they were saying, “What are we doing? Because this man is doing many signs! ⁴⁸ If we tolerate Him in this manner, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place^[c] and nation”. ⁴⁹ But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being the high priest of that year, said to them, “You do not know anything— ⁵⁰ nor do you consider that it is better for you that one Man die for the people, and the whole nation not perish”. ⁵¹ Now he did not say this from himself, but being the high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation. ⁵² And not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God having been scattered [in the world]. ⁵³ Therefore from that day, they planned to kill Him.

Jesus Withdraws From The Public

⁵⁴ Therefore Jesus was no longer walking in public among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a city being called Ephraim. And He stayed there with the disciples.

At The Passover, Everyone Was Looking For Jesus

⁵⁵ Now the Passover [Feast] of the Jews was near. And many went up to Jerusalem from the country^[d] before the Passover [Feast], in order that they might purify themselves. ⁵⁶ So they were seeking Jesus, and saying, standing with one another in the temple, “What seems right to you— that He will by no means come to the Feast?” ⁵⁷ And the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commands that if anyone came-to-know where He was, he should disclose it— so that they might seize Him.