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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.
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.
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.
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 So Jesus was no longer walking openly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples. 55 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. 56 So they were looking for Jesus, and were speaking with one another [while] standing in the temple [courts], "What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?"
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John 2:13
And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 6:4
(Now the Passover, the 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 raised from the dead.
Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said to his household and to all who [were] with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that [are] in your midst and purify yourselves and change your garments.
Exodus 12:11-14
And this is how you will eat it--[with] your waists fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and you will eat it in haste. It [is] Yahweh's Passover.
Exodus 19:10
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes,
Exodus 19:14-15
And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and he consecrated the people, and they washed their clothes.
Numbers 9:6
And it happened, men who were unclean {by a dead person} were not able to perform the Passover on that day. And they came {before} Moses and Aaron on that day.
1 Samuel 16:5
He said, "[I come in] peace. I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." So he sanctified Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 30:17-20
For [there were] many in the assembly who did not consecrate themselves, so the Levites [were] over the killing of the Passover sacrifices for all who [were] not clean, to consecrate [them] to Yahweh.
Ezra 3:1-6
Now the seventh month drew near and the {Israelites} [were] in the cities, [so] the people gathered as {one} in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 8:1-12
All of the people gathered as one to the public square before the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses that Yahweh had commanded Israel.
Job 1:5
{Then when} the days of the feast had run their course, {Job would send}, and he would sanctify them. Thus he would arise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings [according to] the number of all of them, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and {cursed} God in their heart." This is what Job used to do {all the time}.
Psalm 26:6
I will wash my hands in innocence, and I will walk about your altar, O Yahweh,
Matthew 26:1
And it happened that when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples,
Mark 14:1
Now after two days it was the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, [after] arresting him by stealth, they could kill [him].
John 2:6
Now six stone water jars were set there, in accordance with the ceremonial cleansing of the Jews, each holding two or three measures.
John 5:1
After these [things] [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, because my time is not yet completed.
John 13:1
Now before the feast of Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, [and] having loved [his] own in the world, loved them to the end.
John 18:28
Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's residence. Now it was early, and they did not enter into the governor's residence so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.
Acts 24:18
in which they found me purified in the temple [courts], not with a crowd or with a disturbance.
1 Corinthians 11:28
But let a person examine himself, and in this way let him eat from the bread and let him drink from the cup.
Hebrews 9:13-14
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled sanctify [them] for the ritual purity 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!