John 11:55

New English Translation

Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.

Cross References

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Job 1:5

When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.

Psalm 26:6

I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O Lord,

Exodus 19:10

The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothes

Numbers 9:10

“Tell the Israelites, ‘If any of you or of your posterity become ceremonially defiled by touching a dead body, or are on a journey far away, then he may observe the Passover to the Lord.

Numbers 9:6

It happened that some men who were ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man could not keep the Passover on that day, so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

Matthew 26:1

When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

Matthew 26:2

“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

Mark 14:1

Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Luke 22:1

Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

John 12:1

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

John 13:1

Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end.

John 18:28

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor’s residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.

John 2:13

Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 2:6

Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

John 5:1

After this there was a Jewish feast, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 6:4

(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover was near.)

Acts 21:24

take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law.

Acts 21:26

Then Paul took the men the next day, and after he had purified himself along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice of the completion of the days of purification, when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them.

Acts 24:18

which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.

1 Corinthians 11:28

A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup.

James 4:8

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.

1 Samuel 16:5

He replied, “Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.