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
Then, as the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 5:1
Sometime after this there was a Jewish Festival; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 6:4
It was near the time of the Jewish Festival of the Passover.
Before
John 7:8
Go yourselves up to the Festival; I am not going to this Festival yet, because my time has not yet come."
John 12:1
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, was living.
To purify
John 2:6
There were standing there six stone water-jars, in accordance with the Jewish rule of 'purification,' each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
Acts 24:18
And it was while engaged in this that they found me in the Temple, after completing a period of purification, but not with any crowd or disorder.
1 Corinthians 11:28
Let each man look into his own heart, and only then eat of the bread and drink from the cup.
Hebrews 9:13
For, if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer, purify those who have been defiled (as far as ceremonial purification goes),
James 4:8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Make your hands clean, you sinners; and your hearts pure, you vacillating men!