John 6:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.”
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BSBPD
“Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo John 6:4 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 12:6You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
- Leviticus 23:5The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- Leviticus 23:7On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
- Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
- John 2:13When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- John 5:1Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- John 11:55Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
- John 12:1Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
- John 13:1It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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