John 11:55

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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.

for the Jews passover being nigh, Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

Some time after this the feast of the Jews being come, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

for it was just before the passover, which is a feast of the Jews.

do you go up to this feast, as for me I do not go with you to it, because my time is not yet accomplished.

Six days before the passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, and raised to life again.

now there were six cisterns of stone plac'd there for the use of the Jews in their purifications, containing two or three firkins a-piece.

there religiously employ'd some Asiatic Jews found me, without crowd or tumult:

Let a man then sift and approve himself, and accordingly let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

For if the blood of goats and of bulls, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkled on the unclean, can cleanse them from external impurities;

address your selves to God, and you will find him present with you: cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, you that are diffident.

Now the feast of unleaven'd bread, which is call'd the passover,

for it was just before the passover, which is a feast of the Jews.