John 11:54 WEB

⁵²  and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

⁵³  So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.

⁵⁴  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.

⁵⁵  Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

⁵⁶  Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, 'What do you think--that he isn't coming to the feast at all?'