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.
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews. How could He, unless He had wished to die before His time?
But went thence unto a (or rather, 'the') country, [ teen (G3588 ) chooran (G5561 )] near to the wilderness-of Judea, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued [or 'tarried' dietribe (G1304 )] with his disciples. What this city of Ephraim was, and where precisely it was, is not agreed. But Robinson and Stanley identify it with a small village now called Taijibeh, about twenty miles north of Jerusalem.