Verse 1

After these things, there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:14-17 : 14 Three times a year you are to celebrate a festival to me. 15 Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt. Do not appear before me empty-handed. 16 Celebrate the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of your work, of what you sow in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your produce from the field. 17 Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Sovereign Lord, the LORD.
  • Exod 34:23 : 23 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
  • Lev 23:2-4 : 2 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: These are the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you must proclaim as holy assemblies; they are my appointed festivals. 3 For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings. 4 These are the Lord's appointed festivals, the holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed times:
  • Deut 16:16 : 16 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord your God at the place He will choose: during the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Tabernacles. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed.
  • John 2:13 : 13 When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.