John 2:13

John 2:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
• New International Version (NIV)When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
• New Living Translation (NLT)It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem.

Context of John 2:13

11This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. 12After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days. Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. 15When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.

John 2:13 word by word

Καὶ ἐγγὺς ἦν τὸ πάσχα τῶν Ἰουδαίων, καὶ ἀνέβη εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ὁ Ἰησοῦς.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the Jews’ἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• passoverπάσχαpascha · Passover lambG3957
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• at handἐγγύςeggus · nearG1451
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• went upἀναβαίνωanabainō · to ascendG305
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• JerusalemἹεροσόλυμαHierosoluma · JerusalemG2414

Cross-references for John 2:13

• John 2:23Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did.
• John 5:1After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
• John 6:4Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
• John 11:55And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
• Exodus 12:6Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.
• Numbers 28:16‘On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 16:1“Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
• Luke 2:41His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.

Commentaries on John 2:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13And the Jews' passover was at hand - This was the reason why he stayed but a few days at Capernaum, John 2:12, as he wished to be present at the celebration of this feast at Jerusalem. This was the first passover after Christ's baptism. The second is mentioned, Luke 6:1. The third, John 6:4. And the fourth, which was that at which he was crucified, John 11:55. From which it appears, That our blessed Lord continued his public ministry about three years and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13The Jews‘ passover - The feast among the Jews called the Passover. See the notes at Luke 6:1; another John 6:4, and the last one on the night before he was crucified, John 11:55. As his baptism when he entered on his ministry had taken place some time before this - probably not far from six months - it follows that the period of his ministry was not far from three years and a half, agreeably to the prophecy in Daniel 9:27.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 The first public work in which we find Christ engaged, was driving from the temple the traders whom the covetous priests and rulers encouraged to make a market-place of its courts. Those now make God's house a house of merchandise, whose minds are filled with cares about worldly business when attending religious exercises, or who perform Divine offices for love of gain. Christ, having thus cleansed the temple, gave a sign to those who…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13The Jewish Passover was an annual spring feast remembering Israel’s rescue from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 12). Jews traveled to Jerusalem to join the feast (Deuteronomy 16:1–16). Because John refers to three Passover feasts (John 2:13; 6:4; 11:55), many scholars think Jesus must have had a three-year public ministry.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-2514-17. in the temple--not the temple itself, as Joh 2:19-21, but the temple-court. sold oxen, &c.--for the convenience of those who had to offer them in sacrifice. changers of money--of Roman into Jewish money, in which the temple dues (see on Mt 17:24) had to be paid.Read the comment

Topics related to John 2:13

• Feasts
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Commentaries on John 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings