John 11:56
Good News Translation
They were looking for Jesus, and as they gathered in the Temple, they asked one another, "What do you think? Surely he will not come to the festival, will he?"

New Revised Standard Version
They were looking for Jesus and were asking one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? Surely he will not come to the festival, will he?”

Contemporary English Version
They looked around for Jesus. Then when they were in the temple, they asked each other, "You don't think he will come here for Passover, do you?"

New American Bible
They looked for Jesus and said to one another as they were in the temple area, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
They sought therefore for Jesus; and they discoursed one with another, standing in the temple: What think you that he is not come to the festival day? And the chief priests and Pharisees had given a commandment that, if any man knew where he was, he should tell, that they might apprehend him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They sought therefore for Jesus; and they discoursed one with another, standing in the temple: What think you that he is not come to the festival day? And the chief priests and Pharisees had given a commandment that, if any man knew where he was, he should tell, that they might apprehend him.

John 11:8 The disciples say to him: Rabbi, the Jews but now sought to stone thee. And goest thou thither again?

John 7:11 The Jews therefore sought him on the festival day and said: Where is he?

John 11:7 Then after that, he said to his disciples: Let us go into Judea again.

Context
The Plot to Kill Jesus
55And the pasch of the Jews was at hand: and many from the country went up to Jerusalem, before the pasch, to purify themselves. 56They sought therefore for Jesus; and they discoursed one with another, standing in the temple: What think you that he is not come to the festival day? And the chief priests and Pharisees had given a commandment that, if any man knew where he was, he should tell, that they might apprehend him. 570…
Cross References
John 7:11
The Jews therefore sought him on the festival day and said: Where is he?

John 11:57


John 11:55
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