John 2:13
11 Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
12 After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14 In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
15 So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- KJV
- And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
- WEB
- The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- ASV
- And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- DARBY
- And the passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- BLB
- And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- ÅB
- Og jødenes påske var nær, og Jesus dro opp til Jerusalem.
- OTB
- Da jødenes påske nærmet seg, dro Jesus opp til Jerusalem.
- B1930
- Og jødenes påske var nær, og Jesus drog op til Jerusalem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 2:41
Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
Read in contextJohn 11:55
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
Read in contextJohn 2:23
While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
Read in contextExodus 12:6–14
You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 16:1–8
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Read in contextJohn 5:1
Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Read in contextJohn 6:4
Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
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