These things happened in Bethany, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified--behold, this [Man] is baptizing, and all [men] are coming to Him!"

And after these things Jesus was walking in Galilee; for He did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.

Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but He went away from there into the country near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there He stayed with His disciples.