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John 2:13

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11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;

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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.

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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

    Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.

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  • John 11:55

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

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  • John 2:23

    Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.

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  • Exodus 12:6–14

    And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:1–8

    Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

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  • John 5:1

    After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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  • John 6:4

    And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:16

    Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

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