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

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

Now the Passover, the Jewish festival, was near.

Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.

Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.

This is how you shall eat it: with your waist girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's Passover.

The LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,

Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

He said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice." He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

For there were many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites were in charge of killing the Passovers for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to the LORD.

When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts." Job did so continually.

I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD;

And it happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.

Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jewish manner of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.

After these things, there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled."

Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh:

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

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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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Passover

The Jewish Passover was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
After these things, there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Now the Passover, the Jewish festival, was near.
This is how you shall eat it: with your waist girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's Passover.

Before

You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled."
Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.
When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

To purify

Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jewish manner of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.
Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.
The LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
He said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice." He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
For there were many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites were in charge of killing the Passovers for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to the LORD.
It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts." Job did so continually.
I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD;
amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh:
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

General references

Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, drew near.
Now the Passover, the Jewish festival, was near.
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