John 11:55 The Jewish Passover was coming up. Crowds of people were making their way from the country up to Jerusalem to get themselves ready for the Feast. They were c...

11:55 MSG

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The Message - The Jewish Passover was coming up. Crowds of people were making their way from the country up to Jerusalem to get themselves ready for the Feast. They were curious about Jesus. There was a lot of talk of him among those standing around in the Temple: “What do you think? Do you think he’ll show up at the Feast or not?”
新标点和合本 - 犹太人的逾越节近了，有许多人从乡下上耶路撒冷去，要在节前洁净自己。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 犹太人的逾越节近了，有许多人从乡下上耶路撒冷去，要在过节前洁净自己。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 犹太人的逾越节近了，有许多人从乡下上耶路撒冷去，要在过节前洁净自己。
当代译本 - 犹太人的逾越节快到了，有很多人从乡下上耶路撒冷，预备在过节前洁净自己。
圣经新译本 - 犹太人的逾越节快到了，有许多人在过节前从各乡上耶路撒冷去，要在那里洁净自己。
中文标准译本 - 犹太人的逾越节快到了。许多人从乡下上耶路撒冷去，要在节日前洁净自己。
现代标点和合本 - 犹太人的逾越节近了，有许多人从乡下上耶路撒冷去，要在节前洁净自己。
和合本（拼音版） - 犹太人的逾越节近了，有许多人从乡下上耶路撒冷去，要在节前洁净自己。
New International Version - When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover.
New International Reader's Version - It was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast. Many people went up from the country to Jerusalem. They went there for the special washing that would make them pure before the Passover Feast.
English Standard Version - Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.
New Living Translation - It was now almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, and many people from all over the country arrived in Jerusalem several days early so they could go through the purification ceremony before Passover began.
Christian Standard Bible - Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the Passover.
New American Standard Bible - Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country prior to the Passover, in order to purify themselves.
New King James Version - And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
Amplified Bible - Now the Passover of the Jews was approaching, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves [ceremonially, so that they would be able to participate in the feast].
American Standard Version - 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.
King James Version - And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
New English Translation - 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.
World English Bible - Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
新標點和合本 - 猶太人的逾越節近了，有許多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷去，要在節前潔淨自己。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 猶太人的逾越節近了，有許多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷去，要在過節前潔淨自己。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 猶太人的逾越節近了，有許多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷去，要在過節前潔淨自己。
當代譯本 - 猶太人的逾越節快到了，有很多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷，預備在過節前潔淨自己。
聖經新譯本 - 猶太人的逾越節快到了，有許多人在過節前從各鄉上耶路撒冷去，要在那裡潔淨自己。
呂振中譯本 - 猶太人的逾越節近了；逾越節以前，有許多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷，要行禮使自己清潔。
中文標準譯本 - 猶太人的逾越節快到了。許多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷去，要在節日前潔淨自己。
現代標點和合本 - 猶太人的逾越節近了，有許多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷去，要在節前潔淨自己。
文理和合譯本 - 猶太人逾越節伊邇、多有自鄉上耶路撒冷者、於節前自潔也、
文理委辦譯本 - 猶太人逾越節伊邇、先期、多人由田間上耶路撒冷、欲自潔、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 猶太人逾越節近矣、節前、多人由鄉間上耶路撒冷、欲自潔、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 會猶太人之免難節將屆、節前多有自鄉間上耶路撒冷者、先行取潔、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Faltaba poco para la Pascua judía, así que muchos subieron del campo a Jerusalén para su purificación ceremonial antes de la Pascua.
현대인의 성경 - 유대인의 유월절이 다가오자 많은 사람들이 명절 전에 자기를 정결하게 하려고 미리 시골에서 예루살렘으로 올라갔다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Приближался иудейский праздник Пасхи, и многие жители страны шли в Иерусалим для обрядового очищения перед Пасхой.
Восточный перевод - Приближался иудейский праздник Освобождения, и многие жители страны шли в Иерусалим для обрядового очищения перед праздником.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Приближался иудейский праздник Освобождения, и многие жители страны шли в Иерусалим для обрядового очищения перед праздником.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Приближался иудейский праздник Освобождения, и многие жители страны шли в Иерусалим для обрядового очищения перед праздником.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Comme la fête de la Pâque approchait, beaucoup de gens de tout le pays montaient à Jérusalem avant la fête pour se soumettre aux cérémonies rituelles de purification.
リビングバイブル - ユダヤ人の過越の祭りが近づきました。この時は、多くの人々が各地からエルサレムに集まります。みな祭りの始まる前にきよめの儀式をすませようと、数日前には着くように出かけて来るのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς τὸ πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ ἀνέβησαν πολλοὶ εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἐκ τῆς χώρας πρὸ τοῦ πάσχα ἵνα ἁγνίσωσιν ἑαυτούς.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς τὸ Πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ ἀνέβησαν πολλοὶ εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἐκ τῆς χώρας πρὸ τοῦ Πάσχα, ἵνα ἁγνίσωσιν ἑαυτούς.
Nova Versão Internacional - Ao se aproximar a Páscoa judaica, muitos foram daquela região para Jerusalém a fim de participarem das purificações cerimoniais antes da Páscoa.
Hoffnung für alle - Es war kurz vor dem jüdischen Passahfest. Aus dem ganzen Land zogen die Leute nach Jerusalem, um schon vor Beginn des Festes die Reinigungsvorschriften zu erfüllen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Gần đến lễ Vượt Qua của người Do Thái, dân chúng khắp nơi kéo về Giê-ru-sa-lem tẩy uế để chuẩn bị dự lễ.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อใกล้ถึงเทศกาลปัสกาของชาวยิว ผู้คนมากมายจากชนบทเดินทางไปยังกรุงเยรูซาเล็มเพื่อร่วมชำระตนตามระเบียบพิธีก่อนเทศกาลปัสกา
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ขณะนั้นใกล้จะถึงเทศกาลปัสกาของชาวยิว จึงมีคนจำนวนมากเดินทางมาจากแว่นแคว้นนอกเมือง ไปยังเมืองเยรูซาเล็มก่อนงานเทศกาลเพื่อชำระตน

Cross Reference

1 Samuel 16:5 - “Nothing’s wrong. I’ve come to sacrifice this heifer and lead you in the worship of God. Prepare yourselves, be consecrated, and join me in worship.” He made sure Jesse and his sons were also consecrated and called to worship.
John 13:1 - Just before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that the time had come to leave this world to go to the Father. Having loved his dear companions, he continued to love them right to the end. It was suppertime. The Devil by now had Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, firmly in his grip, all set for the betrayal.
Genesis 35:2 - Jacob told his family and all those who lived with him, “Throw out all the alien gods which you have, take a good bath and put on clean clothes, we’re going to Bethel. I’m going to build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in trouble and has stuck with me everywhere I’ve gone since.”
Ezra 3:1 - When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled into their towns, the people assembled together in Jerusalem. Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brother priests, along with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and his relatives, went to work and built the Altar of the God of Israel to offer Whole-Burnt-Offerings on it as written in The Revelation of Moses the man of God.
Ezra 3:3 - Even though they were afraid of what their non-Israelite neighbors might do, they went ahead anyway and set up the Altar on its foundations and offered Whole-Burnt-Offerings on it morning and evening. They also celebrated the Festival of Booths as prescribed and the daily Whole-Burnt-Offerings set for each day. And they presented the regular Whole-Burnt-Offerings for Sabbaths, New Moons, and God’s Holy Festivals, as well as Freewill-Offerings for God.
Ezra 3:6 - They began offering Whole-Burnt-Offerings to God from the very first day of the seventh month, even though The Temple of God’s foundation had not yet been laid.
Nehemiah 8:1 - By the time the seventh month arrived, the People of Israel were settled in their towns. Then all the people gathered as one person in the town square in front of the Water Gate and asked the scholar Ezra to bring the Book of The Revelation of Moses that God had commanded for Israel.
Nehemiah 8:2 - So Ezra the priest brought The Revelation to the congregation, which was made up of both men and women—everyone capable of understanding. It was the first day of the seventh month. He read it facing the town square at the Water Gate from early dawn until noon in the hearing of the men and women, all who could understand it. And all the people listened—they were all ears—to the Book of The Revelation.
Nehemiah 8:4 - The scholar Ezra stood on a wooden platform constructed for the occasion. He was flanked on the right by Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and on the left by Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
Nehemiah 8:5 - Ezra opened the book. Every eye was on him (he was standing on the raised platform) and as he opened the book everyone stood. Then Ezra praised God, the great God, and all the people responded, “Oh Yes! Yes!” with hands raised high. And then they fell to their knees in worship of God, their faces to the ground.
Nehemiah 8:7 - Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah, all Levites, explained The Revelation while people stood, listening respectfully. They translated the Book of The Revelation of God so the people could understand it and then explained the reading.
Nehemiah 8:9 - Nehemiah the governor, along with Ezra the priest and scholar and the Levites who were teaching the people, said to all the people, “This day is holy to God, your God. Don’t weep and carry on.” They said this because all the people were weeping as they heard the words of The Revelation.
Nehemiah 8:10 - He continued, “Go home and prepare a feast, holiday food and drink; and share it with those who don’t have anything: This day is holy to God. Don’t feel bad. The joy of God is your strength!”
Nehemiah 8:11 - The Levites calmed the people, “Quiet now. This is a holy day. Don’t be upset.”
Nehemiah 8:12 - So the people went off to feast, eating and drinking and including the poor in a great celebration. Now they got it; they understood the reading that had been given to them. * * *
Exodus 19:14 - Moses went down the mountain to the people and prepared them for the holy meeting. They gave their clothes a good scrubbing. Then he addressed the people: “Be ready in three days. Don’t sleep with a woman.”
Mark 14:1 - In only two days the eight-day Festival of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread would begin. The high priests and religion scholars were looking for a way they could seize Jesus by stealth and kill him. They agreed that it should not be done during Passover Week. “We don’t want the crowds up in arms,” they said.
Numbers 9:6 - But some of them couldn’t celebrate the Passover on the assigned day because they were ritually unclean on account of a corpse. So they presented themselves before Moses and Aaron on Passover and told Moses, “We have become ritually unclean because of a corpse, but why should we be barred from bringing God’s offering along with other Israelites on the day set for Passover?”
John 7:9 - He said this and stayed on in Galilee. But later, after his family had gone up to the Feast, he also went. But he kept out of the way, careful not to draw attention to himself. The Jews were already out looking for him, asking around, “Where is that man?”
Matthew 26:1 - When Jesus finished saying these things, he told his disciples, “You know that Passover comes in two days. That’s when the Son of Man will be betrayed and handed over for crucifixion.”
John 18:28 - They led Jesus then from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s palace. It was early morning. They themselves didn’t enter the palace because they didn’t want to be disqualified from eating the Passover. So Pilate came out to them and spoke. “What charge do you bring against this man?”
John 2:6 - Six stoneware water pots were there, used by the Jews for ritual washings. Each held twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus ordered the servants, “Fill the pots with water.” And they filled them to the brim.
John 5:1 - Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem. Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves. Hundreds of sick people—blind, crippled, paralyzed—were in these alcoves. One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said, “Do you want to get well?”
Exodus 12:11 - “And here is how you are to eat it: Be fully dressed with your sandals on and your stick in your hand. Eat in a hurry; it’s the Passover to God.
Exodus 12:12 - “I will go through the land of Egypt on this night and strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, whether human or animal, and bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am God. The blood will serve as a sign on the houses where you live. When I see the blood I will pass over you—no disaster will touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.
Exodus 12:14 - “This will be a memorial day for you; you will celebrate it as a festival to God down through the generations, a fixed festival celebration to be observed always. You will eat unraised bread (matzoth) for seven days: On the first day get rid of all yeast from your houses—anyone who eats anything with yeast from the first day to the seventh day will be cut off from Israel. The first and the seventh days are set aside as holy; do no work on those days. Only what you have to do for meals; each person can do that.
Psalms 26:6 - I scrub my hands with purest soap, then join hands with the others in the great circle, dancing around your altar, God, Singing God-songs at the top of my lungs, telling God-stories.
John 2:13 - When the Passover Feast, celebrated each spring by the Jews, was about to take place, Jesus traveled up to Jerusalem. He found the Temple teeming with people selling cattle and sheep and doves. The loan sharks were also there in full strength.
2 Chronicles 30:18 - There were a lot of people, especially those from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, who did not eat the Passover meal because they had not prepared themselves adequately. Hezekiah prayed for these as follows: “May God who is all good, pardon and forgive everyone who sincerely desires God, the God of our ancestors. Even—especially!—these who do not meet the literal conditions stated for access to The Temple.”
2 Chronicles 30:20 - God responded to Hezekiah’s prayer and healed the people.
Exodus 19:10 - God said to Moses, “Go to the people. For the next two days get these people ready to meet the Holy God. Have them scrub their clothes so that on the third day they’ll be fully prepared, because on the third day God will come down on Mount Sinai and make his presence known to all the people. Post boundaries for the people all around, telling them, ‘Warning! Don’t climb the mountain. Don’t even touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain dies—a certain death. And no one is to touch that person, he’s to be stoned. That’s right—stoned. Or shot with arrows, shot to death. Animal or man, whichever—put to death.’ “A long blast from the horn will signal that it’s safe to climb the mountain.”
John 12:1 - Six days before Passover, Jesus entered Bethany where Lazarus, so recently raised from the dead, was living. Lazarus and his sisters invited Jesus to dinner at their home. Martha served. Lazarus was one of those sitting at the table with them. Mary came in with a jar of very expensive aromatic oils, anointed and massaged Jesus’ feet, and then wiped them with her hair. The fragrance of the oils filled the house.

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The Message - The Jewish Passover was coming up. Crowds of people were making their way from the country up to Jerusalem to get themselves ready for the Feast. They were curious about Jesus. There was a lot of talk of him among those standing around in the Temple: “What do you think? Do you think he’ll show up at the Feast or not?”
新标点和合本 - 犹太人的逾越节近了，有许多人从乡下上耶路撒冷去，要在节前洁净自己。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 犹太人的逾越节近了，有许多人从乡下上耶路撒冷去，要在过节前洁净自己。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 犹太人的逾越节近了，有许多人从乡下上耶路撒冷去，要在过节前洁净自己。
当代译本 - 犹太人的逾越节快到了，有很多人从乡下上耶路撒冷，预备在过节前洁净自己。
圣经新译本 - 犹太人的逾越节快到了，有许多人在过节前从各乡上耶路撒冷去，要在那里洁净自己。
中文标准译本 - 犹太人的逾越节快到了。许多人从乡下上耶路撒冷去，要在节日前洁净自己。
现代标点和合本 - 犹太人的逾越节近了，有许多人从乡下上耶路撒冷去，要在节前洁净自己。
和合本（拼音版） - 犹太人的逾越节近了，有许多人从乡下上耶路撒冷去，要在节前洁净自己。
New International Version - When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover.
New International Reader's Version - It was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast. Many people went up from the country to Jerusalem. They went there for the special washing that would make them pure before the Passover Feast.
English Standard Version - Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.
New Living Translation - It was now almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, and many people from all over the country arrived in Jerusalem several days early so they could go through the purification ceremony before Passover began.
Christian Standard Bible - Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the Passover.
New American Standard Bible - Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country prior to the Passover, in order to purify themselves.
New King James Version - And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
Amplified Bible - Now the Passover of the Jews was approaching, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem before Passover to purify themselves [ceremonially, so that they would be able to participate in the feast].
American Standard Version - 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.
King James Version - And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
New English Translation - 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.
World English Bible - Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
新標點和合本 - 猶太人的逾越節近了，有許多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷去，要在節前潔淨自己。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 猶太人的逾越節近了，有許多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷去，要在過節前潔淨自己。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 猶太人的逾越節近了，有許多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷去，要在過節前潔淨自己。
當代譯本 - 猶太人的逾越節快到了，有很多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷，預備在過節前潔淨自己。
聖經新譯本 - 猶太人的逾越節快到了，有許多人在過節前從各鄉上耶路撒冷去，要在那裡潔淨自己。
呂振中譯本 - 猶太人的逾越節近了；逾越節以前，有許多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷，要行禮使自己清潔。
中文標準譯本 - 猶太人的逾越節快到了。許多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷去，要在節日前潔淨自己。
現代標點和合本 - 猶太人的逾越節近了，有許多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷去，要在節前潔淨自己。
文理和合譯本 - 猶太人逾越節伊邇、多有自鄉上耶路撒冷者、於節前自潔也、
文理委辦譯本 - 猶太人逾越節伊邇、先期、多人由田間上耶路撒冷、欲自潔、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 猶太人逾越節近矣、節前、多人由鄉間上耶路撒冷、欲自潔、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 會猶太人之免難節將屆、節前多有自鄉間上耶路撒冷者、先行取潔、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Faltaba poco para la Pascua judía, así que muchos subieron del campo a Jerusalén para su purificación ceremonial antes de la Pascua.
현대인의 성경 - 유대인의 유월절이 다가오자 많은 사람들이 명절 전에 자기를 정결하게 하려고 미리 시골에서 예루살렘으로 올라갔다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Приближался иудейский праздник Пасхи, и многие жители страны шли в Иерусалим для обрядового очищения перед Пасхой.
Восточный перевод - Приближался иудейский праздник Освобождения, и многие жители страны шли в Иерусалим для обрядового очищения перед праздником.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Приближался иудейский праздник Освобождения, и многие жители страны шли в Иерусалим для обрядового очищения перед праздником.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Приближался иудейский праздник Освобождения, и многие жители страны шли в Иерусалим для обрядового очищения перед праздником.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Comme la fête de la Pâque approchait, beaucoup de gens de tout le pays montaient à Jérusalem avant la fête pour se soumettre aux cérémonies rituelles de purification.
リビングバイブル - ユダヤ人の過越の祭りが近づきました。この時は、多くの人々が各地からエルサレムに集まります。みな祭りの始まる前にきよめの儀式をすませようと、数日前には着くように出かけて来るのです。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς τὸ πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ ἀνέβησαν πολλοὶ εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἐκ τῆς χώρας πρὸ τοῦ πάσχα ἵνα ἁγνίσωσιν ἑαυτούς.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς τὸ Πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ ἀνέβησαν πολλοὶ εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ἐκ τῆς χώρας πρὸ τοῦ Πάσχα, ἵνα ἁγνίσωσιν ἑαυτούς.
Nova Versão Internacional - Ao se aproximar a Páscoa judaica, muitos foram daquela região para Jerusalém a fim de participarem das purificações cerimoniais antes da Páscoa.
Hoffnung für alle - Es war kurz vor dem jüdischen Passahfest. Aus dem ganzen Land zogen die Leute nach Jerusalem, um schon vor Beginn des Festes die Reinigungsvorschriften zu erfüllen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Gần đến lễ Vượt Qua của người Do Thái, dân chúng khắp nơi kéo về Giê-ru-sa-lem tẩy uế để chuẩn bị dự lễ.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อใกล้ถึงเทศกาลปัสกาของชาวยิว ผู้คนมากมายจากชนบทเดินทางไปยังกรุงเยรูซาเล็มเพื่อร่วมชำระตนตามระเบียบพิธีก่อนเทศกาลปัสกา
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ขณะนั้นใกล้จะถึงเทศกาลปัสกาของชาวยิว จึงมีคนจำนวนมากเดินทางมาจากแว่นแคว้นนอกเมือง ไปยังเมืองเยรูซาเล็มก่อนงานเทศกาลเพื่อชำระตน

1 Samuel 16:5 - “Nothing’s wrong. I’ve come to sacrifice this heifer and lead you in the worship of God. Prepare yourselves, be consecrated, and join me in worship.” He made sure Jesse and his sons were also consecrated and called to worship.
John 13:1 - Just before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that the time had come to leave this world to go to the Father. Having loved his dear companions, he continued to love them right to the end. It was suppertime. The Devil by now had Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, firmly in his grip, all set for the betrayal.
Genesis 35:2 - Jacob told his family and all those who lived with him, “Throw out all the alien gods which you have, take a good bath and put on clean clothes, we’re going to Bethel. I’m going to build an altar there to the God who answered me when I was in trouble and has stuck with me everywhere I’ve gone since.”
Ezra 3:1 - When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled into their towns, the people assembled together in Jerusalem. Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brother priests, along with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and his relatives, went to work and built the Altar of the God of Israel to offer Whole-Burnt-Offerings on it as written in The Revelation of Moses the man of God.
Ezra 3:3 - Even though they were afraid of what their non-Israelite neighbors might do, they went ahead anyway and set up the Altar on its foundations and offered Whole-Burnt-Offerings on it morning and evening. They also celebrated the Festival of Booths as prescribed and the daily Whole-Burnt-Offerings set for each day. And they presented the regular Whole-Burnt-Offerings for Sabbaths, New Moons, and God’s Holy Festivals, as well as Freewill-Offerings for God.
Ezra 3:6 - They began offering Whole-Burnt-Offerings to God from the very first day of the seventh month, even though The Temple of God’s foundation had not yet been laid.
Nehemiah 8:1 - By the time the seventh month arrived, the People of Israel were settled in their towns. Then all the people gathered as one person in the town square in front of the Water Gate and asked the scholar Ezra to bring the Book of The Revelation of Moses that God had commanded for Israel.
Nehemiah 8:2 - So Ezra the priest brought The Revelation to the congregation, which was made up of both men and women—everyone capable of understanding. It was the first day of the seventh month. He read it facing the town square at the Water Gate from early dawn until noon in the hearing of the men and women, all who could understand it. And all the people listened—they were all ears—to the Book of The Revelation.
Nehemiah 8:4 - The scholar Ezra stood on a wooden platform constructed for the occasion. He was flanked on the right by Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and on the left by Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
Nehemiah 8:5 - Ezra opened the book. Every eye was on him (he was standing on the raised platform) and as he opened the book everyone stood. Then Ezra praised God, the great God, and all the people responded, “Oh Yes! Yes!” with hands raised high. And then they fell to their knees in worship of God, their faces to the ground.
Nehemiah 8:7 - Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah, all Levites, explained The Revelation while people stood, listening respectfully. They translated the Book of The Revelation of God so the people could understand it and then explained the reading.
Nehemiah 8:9 - Nehemiah the governor, along with Ezra the priest and scholar and the Levites who were teaching the people, said to all the people, “This day is holy to God, your God. Don’t weep and carry on.” They said this because all the people were weeping as they heard the words of The Revelation.
Nehemiah 8:10 - He continued, “Go home and prepare a feast, holiday food and drink; and share it with those who don’t have anything: This day is holy to God. Don’t feel bad. The joy of God is your strength!”
Nehemiah 8:11 - The Levites calmed the people, “Quiet now. This is a holy day. Don’t be upset.”
Nehemiah 8:12 - So the people went off to feast, eating and drinking and including the poor in a great celebration. Now they got it; they understood the reading that had been given to them. * * *
Exodus 19:14 - Moses went down the mountain to the people and prepared them for the holy meeting. They gave their clothes a good scrubbing. Then he addressed the people: “Be ready in three days. Don’t sleep with a woman.”
Mark 14:1 - In only two days the eight-day Festival of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread would begin. The high priests and religion scholars were looking for a way they could seize Jesus by stealth and kill him. They agreed that it should not be done during Passover Week. “We don’t want the crowds up in arms,” they said.
Numbers 9:6 - But some of them couldn’t celebrate the Passover on the assigned day because they were ritually unclean on account of a corpse. So they presented themselves before Moses and Aaron on Passover and told Moses, “We have become ritually unclean because of a corpse, but why should we be barred from bringing God’s offering along with other Israelites on the day set for Passover?”
John 7:9 - He said this and stayed on in Galilee. But later, after his family had gone up to the Feast, he also went. But he kept out of the way, careful not to draw attention to himself. The Jews were already out looking for him, asking around, “Where is that man?”
Matthew 26:1 - When Jesus finished saying these things, he told his disciples, “You know that Passover comes in two days. That’s when the Son of Man will be betrayed and handed over for crucifixion.”
John 18:28 - They led Jesus then from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s palace. It was early morning. They themselves didn’t enter the palace because they didn’t want to be disqualified from eating the Passover. So Pilate came out to them and spoke. “What charge do you bring against this man?”
John 2:6 - Six stoneware water pots were there, used by the Jews for ritual washings. Each held twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus ordered the servants, “Fill the pots with water.” And they filled them to the brim.
John 5:1 - Soon another Feast came around and Jesus was back in Jerusalem. Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there was a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, with five alcoves. Hundreds of sick people—blind, crippled, paralyzed—were in these alcoves. One man had been an invalid there for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him stretched out by the pool and knew how long he had been there, he said, “Do you want to get well?”
Exodus 12:11 - “And here is how you are to eat it: Be fully dressed with your sandals on and your stick in your hand. Eat in a hurry; it’s the Passover to God.
Exodus 12:12 - “I will go through the land of Egypt on this night and strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, whether human or animal, and bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am God. The blood will serve as a sign on the houses where you live. When I see the blood I will pass over you—no disaster will touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.
Exodus 12:14 - “This will be a memorial day for you; you will celebrate it as a festival to God down through the generations, a fixed festival celebration to be observed always. You will eat unraised bread (matzoth) for seven days: On the first day get rid of all yeast from your houses—anyone who eats anything with yeast from the first day to the seventh day will be cut off from Israel. The first and the seventh days are set aside as holy; do no work on those days. Only what you have to do for meals; each person can do that.
Psalms 26:6 - I scrub my hands with purest soap, then join hands with the others in the great circle, dancing around your altar, God, Singing God-songs at the top of my lungs, telling God-stories.
John 2:13 - When the Passover Feast, celebrated each spring by the Jews, was about to take place, Jesus traveled up to Jerusalem. He found the Temple teeming with people selling cattle and sheep and doves. The loan sharks were also there in full strength.
2 Chronicles 30:18 - There were a lot of people, especially those from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, who did not eat the Passover meal because they had not prepared themselves adequately. Hezekiah prayed for these as follows: “May God who is all good, pardon and forgive everyone who sincerely desires God, the God of our ancestors. Even—especially!—these who do not meet the literal conditions stated for access to The Temple.”
2 Chronicles 30:20 - God responded to Hezekiah’s prayer and healed the people.
Exodus 19:10 - God said to Moses, “Go to the people. For the next two days get these people ready to meet the Holy God. Have them scrub their clothes so that on the third day they’ll be fully prepared, because on the third day God will come down on Mount Sinai and make his presence known to all the people. Post boundaries for the people all around, telling them, ‘Warning! Don’t climb the mountain. Don’t even touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain dies—a certain death. And no one is to touch that person, he’s to be stoned. That’s right—stoned. Or shot with arrows, shot to death. Animal or man, whichever—put to death.’ “A long blast from the horn will signal that it’s safe to climb the mountain.”
John 12:1 - Six days before Passover, Jesus entered Bethany where Lazarus, so recently raised from the dead, was living. Lazarus and his sisters invited Jesus to dinner at their home. Martha served. Lazarus was one of those sitting at the table with them. Mary came in with a jar of very expensive aromatic oils, anointed and massaged Jesus’ feet, and then wiped them with her hair. The fragrance of the oils filled the house.