When Jesus had finished all this teaching, he said to his disciples:
At the conclusion of this teaching, Jesus withdrew from Galilee, and went into that district of Judea which is on the other side of the Jordan.
By the time that Jesus had finished speaking, the crowd was filled with amazement at his teaching.
But the Jewish Festival of the Passover was near; and many people had gone up from the country to Jerusalem, for their 'purification,' before the Festival began.