Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves.

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 was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the 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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

the Jews'
Ἰουδαῖος 
Ioudaios 
Usage: 190

πάσχα 
Pascha 
Usage: 22

was
ἦν 
En 
was, were, had been, had, taught , stood , , vr was
Usage: 410

nigh at hand
ἐγγύς 
Eggus 
Usage: 23

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
Usage: 292

ἀναβαίνω 
Anabaino 
go up, come up, ascend, ascend up, climb up, spring up, grow up, come, enter, arise, rise up, , vr ascend
Usage: 63

out of
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

the country
χώρα 
Chora 
Usage: 20

up to
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

Ἱεροσόλυμα 
Hierosoluma 
Usage: 54

πρό 
Pro 
before, above, above ... ago, or ever
Usage: 34

the passover
πάσχα 
Pascha 
Usage: 22

to
ἵνα 
Hina 
that, to,
Usage: 472

G48
ἁγνίζω 
Hagnizo 
Usage: 7

References

Images John 11:55

Prayers for John 11:55

Context Readings

The Jewish Leaders Plot To Kill Jesus

54 Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into 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 out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves. 56 So they were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?”


Cross References

John 2:13

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

Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, 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 which are among you, and purify yourselves and change your garments;

Exodus 12:11-14

Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, 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 also 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

But there were some men who were unclean because of the dead person, so that they could not observe Passover on that day; so they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.

1 Samuel 16:5

He said, “In peace; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” He also 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 were over the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was unclean, in order to consecrate them to the Lord.

Ezra 3:1-6

Now when the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 8:1-12

And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.

Job 1:5

When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.

Psalm 26:6

I shall wash my hands in innocence,
And I will go about Your altar, O Lord,

Matthew 26:1

When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples,

Mark 14:1

Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him;

John 2:6

Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing twenty or thirty gallons each.

John 5:1

After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 7:8-10

Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because My time has not yet fully come.”

John 13:1

Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would 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 Caiaphas into the Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

Acts 24:18

in which they found me occupied in the temple, having been purified, without any crowd or uproar. But there were some Jews from Asia—

1 Corinthians 11:28

But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

Hebrews 9:13-14

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing 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.

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