Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 11:55 in context
John 11:52–57
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and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
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So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
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Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
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Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
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Then they sought for Jesus and spoke with one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that he isn’t coming to the feast at all?”
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Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.
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