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John 11:55

Jerusalem

53 So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

54 As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.

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

56 They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”

57 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.

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BSB
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
KJV
And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
WEB
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country before the Passover, so that they might purify themselves.
ÅB
Men jødenes påske var nær, og mange dro før påsken fra landet opp til Jerusalem for å rense seg.
OTB
Da det nærmet seg tid for den jødiske påsken, dro mange opp fra landsbygda til Jerusalem for sin seremonielle renselse før påsken.
B1930
Men jødenes påske var nær, og mange drog før påsken fra landet op til Jerusalem for å rense sig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 30:17–20

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

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  • Hebrews 9:13–14

    For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

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  • John 2:13

    When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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  • Exodus 19:10

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

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  • John 6:4

    Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.

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  • John 12:1

    Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

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  • Genesis 35:2

    So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

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  • Mark 14:1

    Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.

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