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New American Standard Bible
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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.
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.
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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The Jewish Leaders Plot To Kill Jesus
54
Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.
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Cross References
John 2:13
The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 6:4
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
John 12:1
Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
Genesis 35:2
So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.
Exodus 12:11-14
In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD's Passover.
Exodus 19:10
the LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments
Exodus 19:14-15
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments.
Numbers 9:6
And there were certain men who were unclean through touching a dead body, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.
1 Samuel 16:5
And he said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice." And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 30:17-20
For there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves. Therefore the Levites had to slaughter the Passover lamb for everyone who was not clean, to consecrate it to the LORD.
Ezra 3:1-6
When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 8:1-12
And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the LORD had commanded Israel.
Job 1:5
And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually.
Psalm 26:6
I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O LORD,
Matthew 26:1
When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,
Mark 14:1
It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,
John 2:6
Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
John 5:1
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 7:8-10
You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come."
John 13:1
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
John 18:28
Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.
Acts 24:18
While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia--
1 Corinthians 11:28
Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
Hebrews 9:13-14
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,
James 4:8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.