Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The Jewish Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the Passover.

New American Standard Bible

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves.

King James Version

And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

International Standard Version

Now the Jewish Passover was approaching, and before the Passover many people from the countryside went up to Jerusalem to purify themselves.

A Conservative Version

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the countryside before the Passover, so that they might purify themselves.

American Standard Version

Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.

Amplified

Now the Passover of the Jews was approaching, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves [ceremonially, so that they would be able to participate in the feast].

An Understandable Version

Now the Jewish Passover Festival was to be held soon and many people went up to Jerusalem from the countryside before the [actual] Festival in order to perform the ceremonial purification rituals.

Anderson New Testament

And the passover of the Jews was near; and many went up from the country to Jerusalem, before the passover, to purify themselves.

Bible in Basic English

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.

Common New Testament

Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

Daniel Mace New Testament

now the passover of the Jews being nigh: the people of that country went in great numbers to Jerusalem before the passover, in order to purify themselves.

Darby Translation

But the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves.

Godbey New Testament

And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many came up out of the country into Jerusalem before the passover, in order that they might purify themselves.

Goodspeed New Testament

Now the Jewish Passover Festival was approaching and many people went up to Jerusalem from the country, to purify themselves before the Passover.

John Wesley New Testament

And the passover of the Jews was nigh; and many went up to Jerusalem, to purify themselves.

Julia Smith Translation

And the Jews' pascha was near: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the pascha, that they might purify themselves.

King James 2000

And the Jews' passover was near at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the [surrounding] country before the Passover, so that they could purify themselves.

Modern King James verseion

And the Jews' Passover was near. And many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover in order to purify themselves.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the Jews' Easter was nigh at hand, and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Easter to purify themselves.

Moffatt New Testament

Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the passover.

Montgomery New Testament

and there remained with his disciples. Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem for purification before the Passover.

NET Bible

Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.

New Heart English Bible

Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

Noyes New Testament

And the passover of the Jews was at hand; and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

Sawyer New Testament

And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem, before the passover, to purify themselves.

The Emphasized Bible

Now the passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up unto Jerusalem, out of the country, before the passover, that they might purify themselves.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, in order to purify themselves.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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.

Webster

And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

Weymouth New Testament

The Jewish Passover was coming near, and many from that district went up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

Williams New Testament

Now the Jewish Passover was approaching, and many people from the country went up to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the Passover.

World English Bible

Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

Worrell New Testament

Now the passover of the Jews was near; and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves.

Worsley New Testament

Now the passover of the Jews was near; and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country, before the passover, to purify themselves.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

the Jews'
Ἰουδαῖος 
Ioudaios 
Usage: 190

πάσχα 
Pascha 
Usage: 22

was
ἦν 
En 
was, were, had been, had, taught , stood , , vr was
Usage: 410

nigh at hand
ἐγγύς 
Eggus 
Usage: 23

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
Usage: 292

ἀναβαίνω 
Anabaino 
go up, come up, ascend, ascend up, climb up, spring up, grow up, come, enter, arise, rise up, , vr ascend
Usage: 63

out of
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

the country
χώρα 
Chora 
Usage: 20

up to
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

Ἱεροσόλυμα 
Hierosoluma 
Usage: 54

πρό 
Pro 
before, above, above ... ago, or ever
Usage: 34

the passover
πάσχα 
Pascha 
Usage: 22

to
ἵνα 
Hina 
that, to,
Usage: 472

G48
ἁγνίζω 
Hagnizo 
Usage: 7

References

Images John 11:55

Prayers for John 11:55

Context Readings

The Jewish Leaders Plot To Kill Jesus

54 Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim. And He stayed there with the disciples. 55 The Jewish Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the Passover. 56 They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple complex: “What do you think? He won’t come to the festival, will He?”


Cross References

John 2:13

The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 6:4

Now the Passover, a Jewish festival, was near.

John 12:1

Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead.

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob said to his family and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Exodus 12:11-14

Here is how you must eat it: you must be dressed for travel, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the Lord’s Passover.

Exodus 19:10

And the Lord told Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

Exodus 19:14-15

Then Moses came down from the mountain to the people and consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

Numbers 9:6

But there were some men who were unclean because of a human corpse, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. These men came before Moses and Aaron the same day

1 Samuel 16:5

“In peace,” he replied. “I’ve come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

2 Chronicles 30:17-20

for there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, and so the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the Lord.

Ezra 3:1-6

By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people gathered together in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 8:1-12

all the people gathered together at the square in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses that the Lord had given Israel.

Job 1:5

Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought: Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts. This was Job’s regular practice.

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands in innocence
and go around Your altar, Lord,

Matthew 26:1

When Jesus had finished saying all this, He told His disciples,

Mark 14:1

After two days it was the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a treacherous way to arrest and kill Him.

John 2:6

Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. Each contained 20 or 30 gallons.

John 5:1

After this, a Jewish festival took place, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 7:8-10

Go up to the festival yourselves. I’m not going up to the festival yet, because My time has not yet fully come.”

John 13:1

Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

John 18:28

Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

Acts 24:18

and while I was doing this, some Jews from Asia found me ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.

1 Corinthians 11:28

So a man should examine himself; in this way he should eat the bread and drink from the cup.

Hebrews 9:13-14

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people!

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