John 11:55 Parallel Translations

The Jewish Passover was near. Many people came from the countryside to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

ASV:

Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.

BBE:

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.

DBY:

But the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves.

ERV:

Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.

WEY:

The Jewish Passover was coming near, and many from that district went up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

WBS:

And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

WEB:

Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

YLT:

And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;

John 11:55 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 9:10 "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, observe the Passover to the LORD.

2 Chronicles 30:17 For there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves; therefore, the Levites were over the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was unclean, in order to consecrate them to the LORD.

Matthew 26:1 When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples,

Mark 14:1 Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him;

Luke 22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

John 2:13 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 12:1 Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

John 13:1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

John 18:28 Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

PNT:

11:55 The Jews' passover was near. It was only a few weeks before the passover that he went to Ephraim.
To purify themselves. From ceremonial uncleanness. See Ex 19:10,11.

WES:

11:55 Many went up to purify themselves - That they might remove all hinderances to their eating the passover.

MHC:

11:54-57 Before our gospel passover we must renew our repentance. Thus by a voluntary purification, and by religious exercises, many, more devout than their neighbours, spent some time before the passover at Jerusalem. When we expect to meet God, we must solemnly prepare. No devices of man can alter the purposes of God: and while hypocrites amuse themselves with forms and disputes, and worldly men pursue their own plans, Jesus still orders all things for his own glory and the salvation of his people.

CONC:

Ceremonial Clean Cleansing District Jerusalem Jewish Jews Nigh Numbers Passover Purify Themselves

Almost Ceremonial Cleansing Country District Hand Jerusalem Jewish Jews Nigh Numbers Passover Purify Themselves Time

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