First Passover—Cleansing the Temple

The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and being baptized—

So He *came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph;

Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

Then, when they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they *saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat; and they were frightened.

Other small boats came from Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near.

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away;

Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples.

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country prior to the Passover, in order to purify themselves.

But when He said this, one of the officers, who was standing nearby, struck Jesus, saying, “Is that the way You answer the high priest?”

Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and in Greek.

So when Jesus saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.