John 6:4

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

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  • John 2:13 : 13 Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
  • John 11:55 : 55 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.
  • Deut 16:1 : 1 The Passover-Unleavened Bread Festival Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the LORD your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night.
  • John 5:1 : 1 Healing a Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda After this there was a Jewish feast, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
  • Exod 12:6-9 : 6 You must care for it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the whole community of Israel will kill it around sundown. 7 They will take some of the blood and put it on the two side posts and top of the doorframe of the houses where they will eat it. 8 They will eat the meat the same night; they will eat it roasted over the fire with bread made without yeast and with bitter herbs. 9 Do not eat it raw or boiled in water, but roast it over the fire with its head, its legs, and its entrails. 10 You must leave nothing until morning, but you must burn with fire whatever remains of it until morning. 11 This is how you are to eat it– dressed to travel, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in haste. It is the LORD’s Passover. 12 I will pass through the land of Egypt in the same night, and I will attack all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the LORD. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see the blood I will pass over you, and this plague will not fall on you to destroy you when I attack the land of Egypt. 14 This day will become a memorial for you, and you will celebrate it as a festival to the LORD– you will celebrate it perpetually as a lasting ordinance.
  • Lev 23:5 : 5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, is a Passover offering to the LORD.
  • Lev 23:7 : 7 On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work.
  • John 12:1 : 1 Jesus’ Anointing Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.
  • John 13:1 : 1 Washing the Disciples’ Feet 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.

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  • John 2:13
    83%

    13Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • Luke 22:1
    83%

    1Judas’ Decision to Betray Jesus Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

  • John 11:54-56
    3 verses
    80%

    54Thus Jesus no longer went around publicly among the Judeans, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.

    55Now 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.

    56Thus they were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple courts,“What do you think? That he won’t come to the feast?”

  • Matt 26:17-20
    4 verses
    79%

    17The Passover Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said,“Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

    18He said,“Go into the city to a certain man and tell him,‘The Teacher says,“My time is near. I will observe the Passover with my disciples at your house.”’”

    19So the disciples did as Jesus had instructed them, and they prepared the Passover.

    20When it was evening, he took his place at the table with the twelve.

  • John 5:1
    79%

    1Healing a Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda After this there was a Jewish feast, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • Luke 22:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7The Passover Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

    8Jesus sent Peter and John, saying,“Go and prepare the Passover for us to eat.”

    9They said to him,“Where do you want us to prepare it?”

  • John 7:2
    78%

    2Now the Jewish Feast of Shelters was near.

  • John 6:5
    78%

    5Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip,“Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”

  • Mark 14:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1The Plot Against Jesus 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.

    2For they said,“Not during the feast, so there won’t be a riot among the people.”

  • John 6:3
    76%

    3So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples.

  • Matt 26:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1The Plot Against Jesus When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples,

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

  • Mark 14:12
    76%

    12The Passover Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples said to him,“Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

  • Mark 14:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

    17Then, when it was evening, he came to the house with the twelve.

  • John 12:1
    73%

    1Jesus’ Anointing Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

  • John 13:1
    73%

    1Washing the Disciples’ Feet 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.

  • Mark 6:35
    73%

    35When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said,“This is an isolated place and it is already very late.

  • John 12:12
    73%

    12The Triumphal Entry The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

  • Lev 23:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, is a Passover offering to the LORD.

    6Then on the fifteenth day of the same month will be the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

  • Luke 22:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13So they went and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

    14The Lord’s Supper Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him.

    15And he said to them,“I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

  • John 4:45
    72%

    45So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem at the feast(for they themselves had gone to the feast).

  • John 12:20
    72%

    20Seekers Now some Greeks were among those who had gone up to worship at the feast.

  • Matt 26:5
    72%

    5But they said,“Not during the feast, so that there won’t be a riot among the people.”

  • John 6:1
    71%

    1The Feeding of the Five Thousand After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee(also called the Sea of Tiberias).

  • John 7:11
    71%

    11So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking,“Where is he?”

  • John 19:14
    71%

    14(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders,“Look, here is your king!”

  • Luke 6:1
    71%

    1Lord of the Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them.

  • John 6:16
    71%

    16Walking on Water Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,

  • Ezek 45:21
    71%

    21“‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you will celebrate the Passover, and for the seven days of the festival bread made without yeast will be eaten.

  • John 6:52
    71%

    52Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another,“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

  • Josh 5:10
    70%

    10So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month in the rift valley plains of Jericho.

  • Luke 22:11
    70%

    11and tell the owner of the house,‘The Teacher says to you,“Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

  • John 7:14
    70%

    14Teaching in the Temple When the feast was half over, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

  • Num 28:16
    70%

    16Passover and Unleavened Bread“‘On the fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.

  • 2 Chr 35:17
    70%

    17So the Israelites who were present observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

  • John 18:28
    70%

    28Jesus Brought Before Pilate 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.

  • Luke 14:1
    70%

    1Healing Again on the Sabbath Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

  • Luke 6:4
    70%

    4how he entered the house of God, took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any to eat but the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?”