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
For the passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, And found in the temple them that fold oxen,
John 5:1
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 6:4
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
Before
John 7:8
Go ye up to the feast; I go not up to this feast yet; because my time is not yet fully come.
John 12:1
Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he had raised from the dead.
To purify
John 2:6
And there were set there six water-pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three measures apiece.
Acts 24:18
Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purifying in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult:
1 Corinthians 11:28
Therefore 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 bulls and goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
James 4:8
Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you: cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded.