Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- NKJV Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there remained with His disciples.
- NLT As a result, Jesus stopped his public ministry among the people and left Jerusalem. He went to a place near the wilderness, to the village of Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.
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Jesus withdraws from public view to Ephraim, his hour not yet come. He moves according to God's timing, not human threat.
Overview
Knowing the plot against him, Jesus ceases to walk openly and retreats with his disciples to a town near the wilderness. This is not cowardice but submission to the Father's appointed timing for his death. The withdrawal underscores that no one takes Jesus' life until he lays it down at the right hour.
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- John 7:1After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
- John 7:4For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”
- 2 Chr 13:19Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.
- 2 Sam 13:23After two full years, Absalom had sheep shearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
- John 10:40He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.
- John 7:13Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
- John 18:20Jesus answered him, “I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple, where the Jews always meet. I said nothing in secret.
- John 7:10But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
- John 4:1–3Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
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