54 So Jesus was no longer walking openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.

55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the surrounding country before the Passover, so that they could purify themselves. 56 So they were looking for Jesus, and were speaking with one another while[a] standing in the temple courts,[b] “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?”

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Footnotes

  1. John 11:56 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“standing”) which is understood as temporal
  2. John 11:56 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself