^{53 Ref} From that day, therefore, they took counsel together that they may kill him;

^{54 Ref} Jesus, therefore, was no more freely walking among the Jews, but went away thence to the region nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried with his disciples.

^{55 Ref} And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;

^{56 Ref} they were seeking, therefore, Jesus, and said one with another, standing in the temple, `What doth appear to you -- that he may not come to the feast?'

^{57 Ref} and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may shew `it', so that they may seize him.