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 near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple those that sold oxen,
John 5:1
After these things 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 near.
Before
John 7:8
Go ye up to this feast as soon as ye please; for I am not yet going up to it, because my time is not yet fully come.
John 12:1
Jesus however, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, and whom He raised from the dead.
To purify
John 2:6
And there were six stone waterpots, placed according to the custom of purifying among the Jews, containing each about two or three firkins.
Acts 24:18
Upon which some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with 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 an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purification of the flesh;
James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you: cleanse your hands, O sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.