13And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
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Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. …
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-22)Here we have, I. The short visit Christ made to Capernaum, John 2:12. It was a large and populous city, about a day’s journey from Cana; it is called his own city (Matt. 9:1), because he made it his head-quarters in Galilee, and what little rest he had was there. It was a place of concourse, and therefore Christ chose it, that the fame of his doctrine and miracles might thence spread the further.…
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