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NASB | John 6:4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 6:4 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was approaching. [Ex 12:1-36] |
Bible Question: John 6 tells the story of the feeding of the 5000. Verse 4, "the Passover..was near," seems out of place in that story. Why did the author include it? |
Bible Answer: John mentions several of the Jewish liturgical feasts in his Gospel. Jesus fulfills these feast days. "6:4 the Passover:Three times this feast is mentioned in John (2:13; 11:55). It was celebrated annually in Jerusalem to commemorate Israel's deliverance from Egyptian slavery (Ex 12). Central to this feast is a liturgical meal, called a seder, in which the story of the Exodus is told, psalms are sung[Mattb26:30] and and a lamb is eaten with unleavened bread and other condiments. The evangelist mentions this upcoming feast to hint that Jesus will give new and greater meaning to the Passover. He is the true "lamb of God" (John 1:9), whose redeeming work will accomplish a new deliverance from the slavery of sin (John 8:31-36) in a sacramental meal (John 6:53-58; 1 Cor 5:7-9). The significance of Passover, here placed in the background of John 6, will move to the foreground when Jesus transforms this feast into the memorial meal of the New Covenant at the Last supper (Matt 26:17-29)." copyright, Footnote on John 6:4 from the Ignatius catholic Study Bible, Ignatius Press, San Franciso 2003 |
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