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.

General references

Bible References

Passover

John 2:13
And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
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 was nigh, the feast of the Jews.
Exodus 12:11
'And thus ye do eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and ye have eaten it in haste; it is Jehovah's passover,

Before

John 7:8
Ye -- go ye up to this feast; I do not yet go up to this feast, because my time hath not yet been fulfilled;'
John 12:1
Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, who had died, whom he raised out of the dead;
Ezra 3:1
And the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel are in the cities, and the people are gathered, as one men, unto Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 8:1
And all the people are gathered as one man unto the broad place that is before the water-gate, and they say to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, that Jehovah commanded Israel.

To purify

John 2:6
And there were there six water-jugs of stone, placed according to the purifying of the Jews, holding each two or three measures.
Genesis 35:2
And Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who are with him, 'Turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
Exodus 19:10
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Go unto the people; and thou hast sanctified them to-day and to-morrow, and they have washed their garments,
Numbers 9:6
And there are men who have been defiled by the body of a man, and they have not been able to prepare the passover on that day, and they come near before Moses, and before Aaron, on that day,
1 Samuel 16:5
and he saith, 'Peace; to sacrifice to Jehovah I have come, sanctify yourselves, and ye have come in with me to the sacrifice;' and he sanctifieth Jesse and his sons, and calleth them to the sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 30:17
for many are in the assembly who have not sanctified themselves, and the Levites are over the slaughtering of the passover-offerings for every one not clean, to sanctify him to Jehovah:
Job 1:5
and it cometh to pass, when they have gone round the days of the banquet, that Job doth send and sanctify them, and hath risen early in the morning, and caused to ascend burnt-offerings -- the number of them all -- for Job said, 'Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.' Thus doth Job all the days.
Psalm 26:6
I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.
Acts 24:18
in which certain Jews from Asia did find me purified in the temple, not with multitude, nor with tumult,
1 Corinthians 11:28
and let a man be proving himself, and so of the bread let him eat, and of the cup let him drink;
Hebrews 9:13
for if the blood of bulls, and goats, and ashes of an heifer, sprinkling those defiled, doth sanctify to the purifying of the flesh,
James 4:8
draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you; cleanse hands, ye sinners! and purify hearts, ye two-souled!

General references

Luke 22:1
And the feast of the unleavened food was coming nigh, that is called Passover,
John 6:4
and the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews.