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.
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.
WEY: The Jewish Passover was coming near, and many from that district went up to Jerusalem before the Passover, 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;
