John 2:13

The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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In The King James Version

And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

In Context

12After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they were there not more than two or three days.

14And there in the Temple he saw men trading in oxen and sheep and doves, and he saw the changers of money in their seats:

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Cross References

Numbers 28:16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the Lord's Passover.

Deuteronomy 16:16Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord your God in the place named by him; at the feast of unleavened bread, the feast of weeks, and the feast of tents: and they are not to come before the Lord with nothing in their hands;

John 2:23Now while he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, a great number of people came to have faith in his name, after seeing the signs which he did.

John 6:4Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

Matthew Henry on John 2:13-23

Temple-Merchandise Punished; Christ's Death and Resurrection Foretold. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. 13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the… Read the whole commentary →

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