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
And the passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 5:1
After this was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 6:4
And the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
Before
John 7:8
Do you go up to this feast. I go not up now to this feast, because my time has not yet fully come.
John 12:1
Then, six days before the passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he had raised from the dead.
To purify
John 2:6
Now, according to the Jewish custom of purifying, six water-pots of stone had been set there, containing each two or three baths.
Acts 24:18
While engaged in these things, certain Jews from Asia found me fulfilling my vow of abstinence in the temple, not with a multitude, nor with tumult.
1 Corinthians 11:28
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of this bread, and drink of this cup:
Hebrews 9:13
For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, cleanses them as it respects the purity of the flesh,
James 4:8
draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded men.