But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confesse
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
At this, they picked up stones to throw at Him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple area.