John 6:4

Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was near at hand.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

In Context

3Jesus therefore went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

5When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes, and seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

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Cross References

Leviticus 23:5The first month, the fourteenth day of the month at evening, is the phase of the Lord:

Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of new corn, which is the first of the spring, that thou mayst celebrate the phase to the Lord thy God: because in this month the Lord thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night.

John 5:1After these things was a festival day of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 12:1Jesus therefore, six days before the pasch, came to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead, whom Jesus raised to life.

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 →

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