And the passover of the Jews was near; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

And John also was immersing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there; and they were coming and being immersed.

He cometh, therefore, to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;

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

Having rowed, therefore, about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.

(yet there came boats from Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread, the Lord having given thanks):

Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs distant.

Jesus, therefore, was no longer openly walking about among the Jews; but He went away thence into the country near to the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there He abode with the disciples.

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.

There, therefore, on account of the Preparation of the Jews (because the tomb was near), they laid Jesus.