John 11:55

Easy To Read Version

It was almost time for the Jewish Passover {\cf2\super [186]} festival. Many people from the country went to Jerusalem before the Passover. They went to do the special things to make themselves pure \{for the Passover\}.

Cross References

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob said to his family and to all his servants, “Destroy all those foreign gods made of wood and metal that you have. Make yourselves pure. Put on clean clothes.

Job 1:5

Job got up early in the morning after his children had a party. He offered a burnt offering for each of his children. He thought, “Maybe my children were careless and sinned against God at their party.” Job always did this so his children would be forgiven of their sins.

Psalm 26:6

Lord, I wash my hands\par to show that I am pure\par so I may come to your altar. {\cf2\super [156]} \par

Exodus 19:10

And the Lord said to Moses, “Today and tomorrow you must prepare the people for a special meeting. The people must wash their clothes

Numbers 9:10

“Tell these things to the people of Israel: This rule will be for you and your descendants. [141] Maybe a person is not able to celebrate Passover [142] at the right time. Maybe that person is unclean [143] because he touched a dead body. Or maybe that person was away on a trip.

Numbers 9:6

But some of the people could not celebrate Passover [139] that day. They were unclean [140] because they had touched a dead body. So they went to Moses and Aaron that day.

Matthew 26:1

After Jesus finished saying all these things, he said to his followers,

Matthew 26:2

“You know that the day after tomorrow is Passover. {\cf2\super [391]} On that day the Son of Man {\cf2\super [392]} will be given \{to his enemies\} to be killed on a cross.”

Mark 14:1

It was now only two days before the Passover {\cf2\super [190]} and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. {\cf2\super [191]} The leading priests and teachers of the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus without the people seeing it. Then they could kill him.

Luke 22:1

It was almost time for the Jewish Festival of Unleavened Bread, {\cf2\super [339]} called the Passover. {\cf2\super [340]}

John 12:1

Six days before the Passover {\cf2\super [189]} festival, Jesus went to Bethany. Bethany is the town where Lazarus lived. (Lazarus is the man Jesus raised from death.)

John 13:1

It was almost time for the Jewish Passover {\cf2\super [207]} festival. Jesus knew that it was time for him to leave this world. It was now time for Jesus to go back to the Father. Jesus had always loved those people in the world who were his. Now was the time Jesus showed them his love the most.

John 18:28

Then the guards took Jesus from Caiaphas’ house to the \{Roman governor’s\} palace. It was early in the morning. The Jews there would not go inside the palace. They did not want to make themselves unclean, {\cf2\super [237]} because they wanted to eat the Passover {\cf2\super [238]} meal.

John 2:13

It was almost time for the Jewish Passover. {\cf2\super [38]} So Jesus went to Jerusalem.

John 2:6

In that place there were six large waterpots made of stone. The Jews used waterpots like these in their washing ceremonies. {\cf2\super [34]} Each waterpot held about 20 or 30 gallons.

John 5:1

Later Jesus went to Jerusalem for a special Jewish festival.

John 6:4

It was almost the time for the Jewish Passover {\cf2\super [83]} festival.

Acts 21:24

Take these men with you and share in their cleansing (washing) ceremony. {\cf2\super [423]} Pay their expenses. Then they can shave their heads. {\cf2\super [424]} Do this and it will prove to everyone that the things they have heard about you are not true. They will see that you obey the law of Moses in your own life.

Acts 21:26

So Paul took the four men with him. The next day, Paul shared in their cleansing (washing) ceremony. {\cf2\super [426]} Then he went to the temple {\cf2\super [427]} area. He announced the time when the days of the cleansing ceremony would be finished. On the last day an offering would be given for each of the men.

Acts 24:18

I was doing this when some Jews saw me at the temple. {\cf2\super [469]} I had finished the cleansing (washing) ceremony. {\cf2\super [470]} I had not made any trouble; no people were gathering around me.

1 Corinthians 11:28

Every person should look into his own heart before he eats the bread and drinks the cup.

James 4:8

Come near to God and God will come near to you. You are sinners. So clean sin out of your lives. {\cf2\super [23]} You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.

1 Samuel 16:5

Samuel answered, “Yes, I come in peace. I come to make a sacrifice [144] to the Lord. Prepare yourselves and come to the sacrifice with me.” Samuel prepared Jesse and his sons. Then Samuel invited them to come and share the sacrifice.