Jews' passover. Commencing on the 14th Nisan. See note on John 2:13.
out of. Greek. ek. App-104.
before. Greek. pro. App-104.
to. in order to. Greek. hina.
purify themselves: i.e. from Levitical uncleanness. See Numbers 9:10 and Acts 21:24.
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John 11:55
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.