John 11:54 meaning and explanation
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.
John 11:54, Berean Standard Bible
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After raising Lazarus, Jesus faces an official plot on his life, so he withdraws from public ministry among the Jews to Ephraim, a town near the wilderness. The Greek word for withdrew carries the sense of retiring or retreating, not surrender.
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