1After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. …
Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. …
And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-16)This miraculous cure is not recorded by any other of the evangelists, who confine themselves mostly to the miracles wrought in Galilee, but John relates those wrought at Jerusalem. Concerning this observe, I. The time when this cure was wrought: it was at a feast of the Jews , that is, the passover, for that was the most celebrated feast. Christ, though residing in Galilee, yet went up to Jerusale…
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