Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Bible References
Passover
John 2:13
Now the Jewish Passover was approaching; so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 5:1
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 6:4
Now the Passover, the Jewish feast, was approaching.
Before
John 7:8
Go up to the feast yourselves; I am not going up to it yet, for it is not quite time for me to go."
John 12:1
Now six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus lived, whom He had raised from the dead.
To purify
John 2:6
Now in accordance with the custom of purification practiced by the Jews, six stone water jars were standing there, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
Acts 24:18
While I was performing these duties they found me just as I had completed the rites of my purification in the temple; however, there was no crowd with me and no disturbance at all.
1 Corinthians 11:28
A man, then, must examine himself, and only in this way should he eat any of the bread and drink from the cup.
Hebrews 9:13
For if the blood of bulls and goats and a heifer's ashes sprinkling those who are ceremonially unclean purifies them with physical cleansing,
James 4:8
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Get your hands clean, you sinners. Get your hearts purified, you double-minded.