The Jewish Passover was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John was also baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People kept coming and were being baptized,

So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem is a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew. It has five colonnades,

Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.

Other small boats from Tiberias arrived near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

Some of the Pharisees who were near him overheard this and asked him, "We aren't blind, too, are we?"

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away,

As a result, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews. Instead, he went from there to a town called Ephraim in the region near the wilderness. There he remained with his disciples.

Many Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. It was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek.

Meanwhile, standing near Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.