John 11:54

⁵² and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

⁵³ So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.

⁵⁵ Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

⁵⁶ They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
KJV: Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
WEB: Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
ASV: Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed thence into the country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there he tarried with the disciples.
DARBY: Jesus therefore walked no longer openly among the Jews, but went away thence into the country near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there he sojourned with the disciples.
BLB: Therefore Jesus no longer was walking publicly among the Jews, but He went away from there into the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. And there He stayed with the disciples.

ÅB: Jesus gikk derfor ikke lenger åpenlyst omkring blant jødene, men dro derfra til landet nær ved ørkenen, til en by som heter Efraim, og han ble der med sine disipler.
OTB: Derfor beveget Jesus seg ikke lenger offentlig blant folket i Judea. I stedet trakk Han seg tilbake til et område nær ødemarken, til en landsby kalt Efraim, hvor Han ble med disiplene sine.
B1930: Jesus gikk derfor ikke lenger åpenlyst omkring blandt jødene, men drog derfra til landet nær ved ørkenen, til en by som heter Efraim, og han blev der med sine disipler.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 7:1
After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
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John 7:4
For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”
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2 Chronicles 13:19
Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
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John 7:13
Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
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John 18:20
“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
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John 4:1–3
When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
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2 Samuel 13:23
Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
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John 7:10
But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
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