John 2 · Verse 13

John 2:13

And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
John 2:13, King James Version

John 2:13 in other translations

BSBWhen the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
WEBThe Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
ASVAnd the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
YLTAnd the passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
DARBYAnd the passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
BBEThe time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
WebsterAnd the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

What does John 2:13 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 13. The Jews' passover. The feast among the Jews called the Passover. Mt 26:2, also Mt 26:3-17.

And Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Every male among the Jews was required to appear at this feast. Jesus, in obedience to the law, went up to observe it. This is the first Passover on which he attended after he entered on the work of the ministry. It is commonly supposed that he observed three others-- one recorded Lk 6:1, another Jn 6:4, and the last one on the night before he was crucified, Jn 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 Dan 9:27.

(l) "passover" Ex 12:14 (m) "Jesus" Jn 2:23, 5:1, 6:4, 11:55

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 And the Jews' passover was at hand - This was the reason why he stayed but a few days at Capernaum, Joh 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, Luk 6:1. The third, Joh 6:4. And the fourth, which was that at which he was crucified, Joh 11:55. From which it appears, 1. That our blessed Lord continued his public ministry about three years and a half, according to the prophecy of Daniel, Dan 9:27. And, 2. That, having been baptized about the beginning of his thirtieth year, he was crucified precisely in the middle of his thirty-third. See Martin.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 2:12-22

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…

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John 2:13 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
ἐγγὺςengusnearG1451
ἦνēnwasG1510
τὸtotheG3588
πάσχαpaschaPassoverG3957
τῶνtōnof theG3588
Ἰουδαίων,IoudaiōnJews,G2453
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀνέβηanebēwent upG305
εἰςeistoG1519
ἹεροσόλυμαHi'erosolumaJerusalemG2414
ὁho<the>G3588
Ἰησοῦς.IēsousJesus.G2424

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 2:13

  • Luke 2:41

    Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.

  • John 11:55

    And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

  • John 2:23

    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.

  • Exodus 12:6-14

    And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. …

  • Deuteronomy 16:1-8

    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. Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. …

  • John 5:1

    After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

  • John 6:4

    And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

  • Deuteronomy 16:16

    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:

  • Numbers 28:16-25

    And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord. And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein: But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
passover.
23; 5:1; 6:4; 11:55; Ex 12:6-14; Nu 28:16-25; De 16:1-8,16; Lu 2:41

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • John 2:12

    After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

  • John 2:13

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

  • John 2:14

    And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

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John 2:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y estaba cerca la Pascua de los Judíos; y subió Jesús á Jerusalem.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la Pâque des Juifs était proche, et Jésus monta à Jérusalem.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und das Passah der Juden war nahe, und Jesus ging hinauf nach Jerusalem.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et prope erat Pascha Judæorum, et ascendit Jesus Jerosolymam: