“Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. John 11 contains 57 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.