John 6:4

(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover ¹  was near.) ² 

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The Jewish Passover Feast was near.

biblegateway Joh 6:4

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

biblegateway Joh 6:4

(It was nearly time for the annual Passover celebration.)

biblegateway Joh 6:4

It was nearly time for the Feast of Passover, kept annually by the Jews.

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Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

bibleoremus Joh 6:4

Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.

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Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

biblegateway Joh 6:4

(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover ¹  was near.) ² 

¹ sn Passover. According to John’s sequence of material, considerable time has elapsed since the feast of 5:1. If the feast in 5:1 was Pentecost of a.d. 31, then this feast would be the Passover of a.d. 32, just one year before Jesus’ crucifixion.

² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.