John 6:4 BSB — MannaFest

John 6:4

Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1107)

The persecutions of the Jews gave Him reason for retiring, and thus setting aside the Law. The truth being now revealed, types were at an end, and He was under no obligation to keep the Jewish feasts. Observe the expression, a feast of the Jews, (Mat. 14:13) not a feast of Christ.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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 Joh 2:13. Whether Christ went up to this feast is not certain; some think he did not; but from what is said in Joh 7:1, it looks as if he did: how nigh it was to the feast, cannot well be said.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 see the note on Joh 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.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἦν	ēn	Was	G1510 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἐγγὺς	engus	near	G1451 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πάσχα	pascha	Passover	G3957 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἑορτὴ	he'ortē	feast	G1859 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
Ἰουδαίων.¶	Ioudaiōn	Jews.	G2453 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 5:1
Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 16:16
  Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast…
- Exodus 23:14–17
  Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
- Leviticus 23:2–4
  “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
- Exodus 34:23
  Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Through
John 2:13
When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
leads to
- Luke 2:41
  Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
- John 11:55
  Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
Through
Deuteronomy 16:1
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
leads to
- Exodus 34:18
  You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the…
- Exodus 12:2–20
  “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.