John 2:13

Later, when it was almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, Jesus and we his disciples went up to Jerusalem.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12Jesus then went down to Capernaum city with his mother and younger brothers and us his disciples. We stayed there several days.

14There, in the Temple courtyard, he saw some men who were selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons for sacrifices. He also saw men who were sitting at tables, making a big profit as they gave people Temple tax coins in exchange for their Roman coins.

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Cross References

Numbers 28:16“The Passover Festival must be celebrated to honor me each year on the fourteenth day of the first month of each year.

Deuteronomy 16:16“So, each year all of you Israeli men must gather with your families to worship Yahweh our God at the place that he will choose, to celebrate three festivals: The Passover Festival, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. Each of you men must bring [LIT] an offering for Yahweh to these festivals

John 2:23While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many people came to believe that he was the Messiah because they saw the miracles he was performing.

John 6:4Then he looked up and saw a great crowd of people coming toward him.

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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