Now six stone water-jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of 'purification,' each holding about twenty gallons.

Now the Jewish passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who belonged to the Jewish authorities;

(The passover, the Jewish festival, was at hand.)

Now the Jewish festival of booths was near,

So the troops and their commander and the Jewish attendants seized Jesus, bound him,

So the Jewish high priests said to Pilate, "Do not write, THE KING OF THE JEWS; write, HE SAID I AM THE KING OF THE JEWS."

they took and wrapped up the body of Jesus in the spices and in bandages, according to the Jewish custom of burial.

so they put Jesus there, since it was the Jewish day of Preparation, seeing that the tomb was close by.