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John 6

John 6:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
the passover
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
pascha (Greek #3957)
the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it)
KJV usage: Easter, Passover.
Pronounce: pas'-khah
Origin: of Chaldee origin (compare 06453)
, a feast
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
heorte (Greek #1859)
a festival
KJV usage: feast, holyday.
Pronounce: heh-or-tay'
Origin: of uncertain affinity
of the Jews
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
Ioudaios (Greek #2453)
Judaean, i.e. belonging to Jehudah
KJV usage: Jew(-ess), of Judaea.
Pronounce: ee-oo-dah'-yos
Origin: from 2448 (in the sense of 2455 as a country)
, was
en (Greek #2258)
I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)
KJV usage: + agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.
Pronounce: ane
Origin: imperfect of 1510
nigh
eggus (Greek #1451)
near (literally or figuratively, of place or time)
KJV usage: from , at hand, near, nigh (at hand, unto), ready.
Pronounce: eng-goos'
Origin: from a primary verb ἄγχω (to squeeze or throttle; akin to the base of 43)
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Feasts,
Jew,
The Passover

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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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 11:55• 55But 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. (John 11:55)
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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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John 13:1• 1Now, before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own that [were] in the world, loved them unto [the] end . (John 13:1)
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Ex. 12:6‑14• 6And ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; and the whole congregation of the assembly of Israel shall kill it between the two evenings.
 7And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two door-posts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.
 8And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs shall they eat it.
 9Ye shall eat none of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with its in-wards.
 10And ye shall let none of it remain until the morning; and what remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
 11And 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.
 12And 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.
 13And 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.
 14And 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. (Ex. 12:6‑14)
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Lev. 23:5,7• 5In the fourteenth day of the first month, at even, is Jehovah's Passover.
 7In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. (Lev. 23:5,7)
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Deut. 16:1• 1Keep the month of Abib, and celebrate the Passover to Jehovah thy God; for in the month of Abib, Jehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. (Deut. 16:1)
• Chapter 5 was the impotence of the law and its ordinances; here it is the blessings promised by the Lord to the Jews on earth (Psa. 132:15), and the characters of Prophet and King fulfilled by the Messiah on earth in connection with the Jews, that are seen in contrast with the new position and the doctrine of Jesus. (“John 6” by J.N. Darby)
• In John, the Jews are always distinguished from the multitude. They are the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judea. It would, perhaps, be easier to understand this Gospel if the words were rendered “those of Judea,” which is the true sense. (“John 6” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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but the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

W. Kelly Translation

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