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13And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

John 2:13

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • 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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