Verse 4

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

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  • John 2:13 : 13 When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
  • John 11:55 : 55 The Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the countryside before the Passover to purify themselves.
  • Deut 16:1 : 1 Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, for it was in the month of Abib that the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
  • John 5:1 : 1 After these things, there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
  • Exod 12:6-9 : 6 Keep it until the fourteenth day of this month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. 7 They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where they eat it. 8 They shall eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 9 Do not eat it raw or boiled in water, but only roasted over the fire—its head, legs, and inner parts. 10 Do not leave any of it until morning; if any is left over until morning, burn it in the fire. 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD's Passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night and strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will come upon you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. 14 This day shall be a memorial for you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations, as a perpetual ordinance, you shall celebrate it.
  • Lev 23:5 : 5 The Lord's Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
  • Lev 23:7 : 7 On the first day, hold a holy assembly; you must not do any regular work.
  • John 12:1 : 1 So Jesus came to Bethany six days before the Passover, where Lazarus was—the one who had died and whom He had raised from the dead.
  • John 13:1 : 1 Now, before the Passover festival, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, loved them to the very end.