(The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that whoever knew where Jesus was should tell them so that they could arrest him.)
In return for my love, they accuse me, but I pray for them.
The Jews tried to arrest Jesus again, but he got away from them.
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council. They asked, “What are we doing? This man is performing a lot of miracles.
Then some of the Jews picked up stones to throw at Jesus. However, Jesus was concealed, and he left the temple courtyard.
(His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. The Jews had already agreed to put anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ out of the synagogue.