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 were nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 5:1
After these things was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up into Jerusalem.
John 6:4
And the passover, the feast of the Jews, was nigh.
Before
John 7:8
You go up to the feast: I do not go to this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.
John 12:1
Then Jesus, six days before the passover came into Bethany, where Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead, was,
To purify
John 2:6
And there were six waterpots of stone sitting there according to the purification of the Jews, containing about two or three firkins. Jesus says to them,
Acts 24:18
in which they found me having been purified in the temple, not with rabble, nor with an uproar; and were certain Jews from Asia,
1 Corinthians 11:28
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup;
Hebrews 9:13
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctifies unto the purification of the flesh;
James 4:8
draw nigh unto God, and he draws nigh unto you. Purify your hands, ye sinners; and cleanse your hearts, ye double-minded.