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Green's Literal Translation

John 6:4

And the Passover was near, the feast of the Jews.

Bible Study Resources

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

Easy-to-Read Version
It was almost the time for the Jewish Passover festival.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And ester a feast of ye Iewes was nye.
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]
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.
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.
English Standard 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.
English Revised Version
Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
Berean Standard Bible
Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.
Amplified Bible
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was approaching.
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
Now the Judean festival of Pesach was coming up;
Darby Translation
but the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.
Etheridge Translation
Now the feast of the petscha of the Jihudoyee drew nigh.
Murdock Translation
And the feast of the Jewish passover was near.
King James Version (1611)
And the Passeouer, a feast of the Iewes, was nigh.
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.
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.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Passouer, a feast of ye Iewes, was nye.
Good News Translation
The time for the Passover Festival was near.
Christian Standard Bible®
Now the Passover, a Jewish festival, was near.
King James Version
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
Lexham English Bible
(Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.)
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.
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.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The Jewish Passover festival was getting close.
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.

Contextual Overview

1 After these things, Jesus went away over the Sea of Galilee, the Tiberian Sea . 2 And a great crowd followed Him, for they saw His miraculous signs which He did on the sick ones. 3 And Jesus went up into the mountain and sat there with His disciples. 4 And the Passover was near, the feast of the Jews. 5 Then Jesus lifting up His eyes and seeing that a great crowd is coming to Him, He said to Philip, From where may we buy loaves that these may eat? 6 But He said this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do. 7 Philip answered Him, Loaves for two hundred denarii are not enough for them, that each of them may receive a little. 8 One of His disciples said to Him, Andrew the brother of Simon Peter, 9 A little boy is here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many? 10 And Jesus said, Make the men to recline. And much grass was in the place. Then the men reclined, the number was 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 you shall make it this way: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
Genesis 6:20
from the birds according to its kind, and from the cattle according to its kind, from every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. Two from each shall come in to you to keep alive.
Genesis 6:21
And take for yourself all food that is eaten, and gather to yourself. And let it be for you and for them for food.
Genesis 6:22
And Noah did so, according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower with its head in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, that we not be scattered on the face of all the earth.
Numbers 13:33
And we saw the giants there, the sons of Anak, of the giants. And we were in our own eyes as grasshoppers, and so we were in their eyes.
Numbers 16:2
and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty rulers of the congregation, elect men of the assembly, men of name.
Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og the king of Bashan remained of the rest of the giants. Behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, nine cubits long and four cubits broad, by the cubit of a man?
1 Samuel 17:4
And a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines, Goliath was his name, from Gath; his 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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