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John 11:53-55
Holman Christian Standard Bible
John 11:53-55
Holman Christian Standard Bible
53 So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.(A) 54 Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly(B) among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness,(C) to a town called Ephraim. And He stayed there with the disciples.
55 The Jewish Passover(D) was near, and many went up to Jerusalem(E) from the country to purify[a] themselves before the Passover.
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- John 11:55 The law of Moses required God’s people to purify or cleanse themselves so they could celebrate the Passover. Jews often came to Jerusalem a week early to do this; Nm 9:4-11.
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