John 11:55

Bible in Basic English 1965

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.

Cross References

Genesis 35:2

Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:

Job 1:5

And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

Psalm 26:6

I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

Exodus 19:10

And the Lord said to Moses, Go to the people and make them holy today and tomorrow, and let their clothing be washed.

Numbers 9:10

Say to the children of Israel, If any one of you or of your families is unclean because of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, still he is to keep the Passover to the Lord:

Numbers 9:6

And there were certain men who were unclean because of a dead body, so that they were not able to keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

Matthew 26:1

And when Jesus had come to the end of all these words, he said to his disciples,

Matthew 26:2

After two days is the Passover, and the Son of man will be given up to the death of the cross.

Mark 14:1

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:

Luke 22:1

Now the feast of unleavened bread was near, which is called the Passover.

John 12:1

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead.

John 13:1

Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.

John 18:28

So they took Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not go into the Praetorium, so that they might not become unclean, but might take the Passover.

John 2:13

The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 2:6

Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.

John 5:1

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

John 6:4

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

Acts 21:24

Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make the necessary payments for them, so that they may be free from their oath: and everyone will see that the statements made about you are not true, but that you put yourself under rule, and keep the law.

Acts 21:26

Then Paul took the men, and on the day after, making himself clean with them, he went into the Temple, giving out the statement that the days necessary for making them clean were complete, till the offering was made for every one of them.

Acts 24:18

And it would have been better if they had come here to make a statement, if they have anything against me.

1 Corinthians 11:28

But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.

James 4:8

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

1 Samuel 16:5

And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.