John 6:4
but the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
In Context
3And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there sat with his disciples:
Cross References
Leviticus 23:5In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the two evenings, is the passover to Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 16:1Keep 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.
John 5:1After these things was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 12:1Jesus therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was the dead [man] Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from among [the] dead.
Matthew Henry on John 6:2-15
The Five Thousand Fed. 1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. 5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? 6 And this he said to prove… Read the whole commentary →