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He prophesied that Jesus wouldn't die merely for this nation, but that Jesus would die to bring God's scattered children together and make them one.
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From that day on, the Jewish council planned to kill Jesus.
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So Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he left Bethany and went to the countryside near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
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The Jewish Passover was near. Many people came from the countryside to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
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As they stood in the temple courtyard, they looked for Jesus and asked each other, "Do you think that he'll avoid coming to the festival?"
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(The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where Jesus was should tell them so that they could arrest him.)