52
Andnot for thatnationonly,butthatalso he should gather togetherinone the children of God that were scattered abroad.
53
Thenfromthatday forth they took counsel together for toputhim to death.
54
Jesusthereforewalked no moreopenlyamong the Jews;butwentthenceunto a countrynear to the wilderness,into a citycalledEphraim, and therecontinuedwithhisdisciples.
55
And the Jews'passoverwas nigh at hand:andmanywent out of the countryup to Jerusalembefore the passover,topurifythemselves.
56
Then sought they forJesus,andspakeamongthemselves, as they stoodin the temple,Whatthinkye,that he willnotcometo the feast?
57
Nowboth the chief priestsand the Pharisees had given a commandment,that,if any manknewwhere he were, he should shew it, that they might takehim.