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King James Version

John 6:4

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

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Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Miracles;   Month;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ;   Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Holy Ghost;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gospels;   Jesus Christ;   John, the Gospel According to;   Tiberias;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronology of the Biblical Period;   Fulfill;   John, the Gospel of;   Sign;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronology of the New Testament;   Gospels;   Jesus Christ;   John, Theology of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Announcements of Death;   Dates (2);   Dispersion ;   Feasts;   Fish, Fisher, Fishing;   Jews;   Lord's Supper. (I.);   Man (2);   Manna;   Ministry;   Preparation ;   Purim;   Sacrifice (2);   Time;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethsaida ;   New Testament;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Passover;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Jesus christ;   Passover;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Sabbath;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baptism (Non-Immersionist View);   Chronology of the New Testament;   Jesus Christ (Part 1 of 2);   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   John, Gospel of;   Lord's Supper (Eucharist);   Passover;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;   Triennial Cycle;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now the Passover, a Jewish festival, was near.
King James Version (1611)
And the Passeouer, a feast of the Iewes, was nigh.
English Standard Version
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
New American Standard Bible
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
New Century Version
It was almost the time for the Jewish Passover Feast.
Amplified Bible
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was approaching.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
Berean Standard Bible
Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.
Complete Jewish Bible
Now the Judean festival of Pesach was coming up;
Darby Translation
but the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
Easy-to-Read Version
It was almost the time for the Jewish Passover festival.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Now the Passeouer, a feast of the Iewes, was neere.
George Lamsa Translation
And the feast of the passover of the Jews was at hand.
Good News Translation
The time for the Passover Festival was near.
Lexham English Bible
(Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.)
Literal Translation
And the Passover was near, the feast of the Jews.
American Standard Version
Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
Bible in Basic English
Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
Hebrew Names Version
Now the Pesach, the feast of the Yehudim, was at hand.
International Standard Version
Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.Leviticus 23:5,7; Deuteronomy 16:1; John 2:13; 5:1;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Now the feast of the petscha of the Jihudoyee drew nigh.
Murdock Translation
And the feast of the Jewish passover was near.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Passouer, a feast of ye Iewes, was nye.
English Revised Version
Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
World English Bible
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
Weymouth's New Testament
The Jewish Festival, the Passover, was at hand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the paske was ful niy, a feeste dai of the Jewis.
Update Bible Version
Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
New English Translation
(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover was near.)
New King James Version
Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
New Living Translation
(It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.)
New Life Bible
The special religious supper to remember how the Jews left Egypt was soon.
New Revised Standard
Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now the passover was near, the feast of the Jews.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was near at hand.
Revised Standard Version
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And ester a feast of ye Iewes was nye.
Young's Literal Translation
and the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Easter ye feast of the Iewes was nye.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for it was just before the passover, which is a feast of the Jews.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The Jewish Passover festival was getting close.

Contextual Overview

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 him: for he himself knew what he would do. 7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, 9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? 10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

John 2:13, John 5:1, John 11:55, John 12:1, John 13:1, Exodus 12:6-14, Leviticus 23:5, Leviticus 23:7, Deuteronomy 16:1

Reciprocal: Mark 6:37 - give Luke 2:41 - the

Cross-References

Genesis 6:15
And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Genesis 6:20
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:21
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Genesis 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Genesis 11:4
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Numbers 13:33
And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Numbers 16:2
And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
1 Samuel 17:4
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. This was the third passover, since our Lord's baptism, and entrance on his public ministry; see John 2:13. Whether Christ went up to this feast is not certain; some think he did not; but from what is said in John 7:1, it looks as if he did: how nigh it was to the feast, cannot well be said. Thirty days before the feast, they began to talk about it; and especially in the last fifteen days, they made preparations for it, as being at hand b; and if there was now so long time to it, there was time enough for Jesus to go to it.

b T. Bab. Pesach. fol. 6. 1. Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Shekalim, c. 3. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The passover - See the notes at Matthew 26:2, Matthew 26:17.

A feast of the Jews - This is one of the circumstances of explanation thrown in by John which show that he wrote for those who were unacquainted with Jewish customs.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 6:4. And the passover - was nigh. — This happened about ten or twelve days before the third passover which Christ celebrated after his baptism. Calmet. For a particular account of our Lord's four passovers John 2:13.

For thirty days before the Passover there were great preparations made by the Jews, but especially in the last nineteen days, in order to celebrate the feast with due solemnity. Lightfoot supposes that what is here related happened within the last fifteen days. See Calmet's opinion above.


 
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