NIV: When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing before the Passover.
NAS: Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves.
KJV: And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
GWT: The Jewish Passover was near. Many people came from the countryside to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
ASV: Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.
BBE: Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.
DBY: But the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves.
DRB: And the pasch of the Jews was at hand; and many from the country went up to Jerusalem, before the pasch to purify themselves.
WBS: And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
WEB: Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
YLT: And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;
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