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Bible in Basic English
Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.
New American Standard Bible
Now
King James Version
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Holman Bible
The Jewish Passover
International Standard Version
Now the Jewish Passover was approaching, and before the Passover many people from the countryside went up to Jerusalem to purify themselves.
A Conservative Version
Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the countryside before the Passover, so that they might purify themselves.
American Standard Version
Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.
Amplified
Now the Passover of the Jews was approaching, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves [ceremonially, so that they would be able to participate in the feast].
An Understandable Version
Now the Jewish Passover Festival was to be held soon and many people went up to Jerusalem from the countryside before the [actual] Festival in order to perform the ceremonial purification rituals.
Anderson New Testament
And the passover of the Jews was near; and many went up from the country to Jerusalem, before the passover, to purify themselves.
Common New Testament
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
Daniel Mace New Testament
now the passover of the Jews being nigh: the people of that country went in great numbers to Jerusalem before the passover, in order to purify themselves.
Darby Translation
But the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves.
Godbey New Testament
And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many came up out of the country into Jerusalem before the passover, in order that they might purify themselves.
Goodspeed New Testament
Now the Jewish Passover Festival was approaching and many people went up to Jerusalem from the country, to purify themselves before the Passover.
John Wesley New Testament
And the passover of the Jews was nigh; and many went up to Jerusalem, to purify themselves.
Julia Smith Translation
And the Jews' pascha was near: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the pascha, that they might purify themselves.
King James 2000
And the Jews' passover was near at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the [surrounding] country before the Passover, so that they could purify themselves.
Modern King James verseion
And the Jews' Passover was near. And many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover in order to purify themselves.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the Jews' Easter was nigh at hand, and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Easter to purify themselves.
Moffatt New Testament
Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the passover.
Montgomery New Testament
and there remained with his disciples. Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem for purification before the Passover.
NET Bible
Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.
New Heart English Bible
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
Noyes New Testament
And the passover of the Jews was at hand; and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Sawyer New Testament
And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem, before the passover, to purify themselves.
The Emphasized Bible
Now the passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up unto Jerusalem, out of the country, before the passover, that they might purify themselves.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, in order to purify themselves.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But the Jewish Festival of the Passover was near; and many people had gone up from the country to Jerusalem, for their 'purification,' before the Festival began.
Webster
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Weymouth New Testament
The Jewish Passover was coming near, and many from that district went up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
Williams New Testament
Now the Jewish Passover was approaching, and many people from the country went up to Jerusalem, to purify themselves before the Passover.
World English Bible
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
Worrell New Testament
Now the passover of the Jews was near; and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves.
Worsley New Testament
Now the passover of the Jews was near; and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country, before the passover, to purify themselves.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;
Themes
Feast of the passover » Purification necessary to the due observance of
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 11:55
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Context Readings
The Jewish Leaders Plot To Kill Jesus
54 So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples. 55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover. 56 They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another while they were in the Temple, What is your opinion? Will he not come to the feast?
Cross References
John 2:13
The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 6:4
Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
John 12:1
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead.
Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:
Exodus 12:11-14
And take your meal dressed as if for a journey, with your shoes on your feet and your sticks in your hands: take it quickly: it is the Lord's Passover.
Exodus 19:10
And the Lord said to Moses, Go to the people and make them holy today and tomorrow, and let their clothing be washed.
Exodus 19:14-15
Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.
Numbers 9:6
And there were certain men who were unclean because of a dead body, so that they were not able to keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
1 Samuel 16:5
And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.
2 Chronicles 30:17-20
For there were still a number of the people there who had not made themselves holy: so the Levites had to put Passover lambs to death for those who were not clean, to make them holy to the Lord.
Ezra 3:1-6
And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people came together like one man to Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 8:1-12
And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.
Job 1:5
And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.
Psalm 26:6
I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;
Matthew 26:1
And when Jesus had come to the end of all these words, he said to his disciples,
Mark 14:1
It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:
John 2:6
Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.
John 5:1
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 7:8-10
Go you up to the feast: I am not going up now to the feast because my time has not fully come.
John 13:1
Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.
John 18:28
So they took Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not go into the Praetorium, so that they might not become unclean, but might take the Passover.
Acts 24:18
And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia,
1 Corinthians 11:28
But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.
Hebrews 9:13-14
For if the blood of goats and oxen, and the dust from the burning of a young cow, being put on the unclean, make the flesh clean:
James 4:8
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.