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John 11:55 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

John 2:13• ¹³And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. (John 2:13)

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John 6:1• ¹After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee, of Tiberias; (John 6:1)

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John 6:4• ⁴and the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. (John 6:4)

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passover.

John 2:13• ¹³And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. (John 2:13)

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John 5:1• ¹After these things was the feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. (John 5:1)

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John 6:4• ⁴and the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. (John 6:4)

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Ex. 12:11‑14• ¹¹{i}And thus shall ye eat it: your loins shall be girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste; it is Jehovah's Passover.{/i}
¹²{i}And I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am Jehovah.{/i}
¹³{i}And the blood shall be for you as a sign on the houses in which ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be among you for destruction, when I smite the land of Egypt.{/i}
¹⁴{i}And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah; throughout your generations as an ordinance forever shall ye celebrate it.{/i} (Ex. 12:11‑14)

before.

John 7:8‑10• ⁸Go ye up unto the feast. I go not up unto this feast, for my time is not yet fulfilled.
⁹Having said these things to them , he abode in Galilee.
¹⁰But when his brethren had gone up, then he himself also went up, not manifestly but as in secret. (John 7:8‑10)

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John 12:1• ¹Jesus therefore, six days before the Passover, came unto Bethany, where was Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from [the] dead. (John 12:1)

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Ezra 3:1‑6• ¹{i}And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.{/i}
²{i}Then stood up{/i} Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.
³And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto Jehovah, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
⁴They kept also the feast of tabernacles as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;
⁵and afterward offered the continual burnt offering. {i}and those of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of Jehovah that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a voluntary offering to Jehovah.{/i}
⁶From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto Jehovah. But the foundation of the temple of Jehovah was not yet laid. (Ezra 3:1‑6)

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Neh. 8:1‑12• ¹{i}All the{/i} people gathered together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel.
²And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
³And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate, from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
⁴And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose. {i}And beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkijah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam{/i}.
⁵And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
⁶And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God: and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground.
⁷Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
⁸So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, {i}and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading{/i}.
⁹{i}And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people{/i}, This day is holy unto Jehovah your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
¹⁰{i}And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength{/i}.
¹¹So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
¹²And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. (Neh. 8:1‑12)

to purify.

John 2:6• ⁶Now there were six waterpots of stone set there according to the purification of the Jews, holding each two or three measures. (John 2:6)

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Gen. 35:2• ²And Jacob said to his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments; (Gen. 35:2)

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Ex. 19:10,14‑15• ¹⁰{i}And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people, and hallow them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes;{/i}
¹⁴{i}And Moses came down from the mountain to the people, and hallowed the people; and they washed their clothes.{/i}
¹⁵{i}And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.{/i} (Ex. 19:10,14‑15)

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Num. 9:6• ⁶{i}And there were men, who were unclean through the dead body of a man, and could not hold the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.{/i} (Num. 9:6)

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1 Sam. 16:5• ⁵{i}And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice to Jehovah. Hallow yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he hallowed Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.{/i} (1 Sam. 16:5)

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2 Chron. 30:17‑20• ¹⁷{i}For there were many in the congregation that were not hallowed; therefore the Levites had the charge of the slaughtering of the Passover-lambs for every one not clean, to hallow them unto Jehovah.{/i}
¹⁸{i}For a multitude of the people, many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, and they ate the Passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them saying, Jehovah, who is good, forgive every one{/i}
¹⁹{i}that has directed his heart to seek God, Jehovah the God of his fathers, although not according to the purification of the sanctuary.{/i}
²⁰{i}And Jehovah hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.{/i} (2 Chron. 30:17‑20)

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Job 1:5• ⁵And it was [so], when the days of their feasting had gone round, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, Perhaps my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. (Job 1:5)

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Psa. 26:6• ⁶I wash my hands in innocency,{HR}And I surround thine altar, O Jehovah, (Psa. 26:6)

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Acts 24:18• ¹⁸in which they found me purified in the temple, not with crowd nor yet with tumult; but certain Jews from Asia, (Acts 24:18)

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1 Cor. 11:28• ²⁸But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. (1 Cor. 11:28)

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Heb. 9:13‑14• ¹³For if the blood of goats and bulls and a heifer's ashes sprinkling the defiled sanctifieth for the purity of the flesh,
¹⁴by how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by [the] eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve a living God? (Heb. 9:13‑14)

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James 4:8• ⁸Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse hands, sinners, and purify hearts, ye double-minded. (James 4:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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.

W. Kelly Translation

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