John 6:4
The time for the Jewish festival of the Passover was approaching.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
In Context
3Jesus went up a hill and sat down there with his disciples.
Cross References
Leviticus 23:5The Lord's Passover starts on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month.
Deuteronomy 16:1You are to observe the month of Abib and to celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, because it was in the month of Abib that the Lord your God led you out of Egypt by night.
John 5:1After this there was a Jewish festival, so Jesus went to Jerusalem.
John 12:1Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, to the home of Lazarus who had been raised from 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 →