After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- KJV After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- BSB Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- NKJV After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- NASB After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- NLT Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.
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Cross-references · 7
- Deut 16:16Three times in a year all of your males shall appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he chooses: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tents. They shall not appear before Yahweh empty.
- Exod 23:14–17“You shall observe a feast to me three times a year.
- Lev 23:2–4“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The set feasts of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.
- Exod 34:23Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- John 2:13The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- Gal 4:4But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,
- Matt 3:15But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.
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