John 6:4
 John 6:4 
New International Version (©2011)
The Jewish Passover Festival was near.

New Living Translation (©2007)
(It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.)

English Standard Version (©2001)
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Now the Passover, a Jewish festival, was near.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.

NET Bible (©2006)
(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover was near.)

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
But the feast of The Passover of the Jews was drawing near.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The time for the Jewish Passover festival was near.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

American King James Version
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

American Standard Version
Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was near at hand.

Darby Bible Translation
but the passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

English Revised Version
Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

Weymouth New Testament
The Jewish Festival, the Passover, was at hand.

World English Bible
Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

Young's Literal Translation
and the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. This was the third passover, since our Lord's baptism, and entrance on his public ministry; see John 2:13. Whether Christ went up to this feast is not certain; some think he did not; but from what is said in John 7:1, it looks as if he did: how nigh it was to the feast, cannot well be said. Thirty days before the feast, they began to talk about it; and especially in the last fifteen days, they made preparations for it, as being at hand (b); and if there was now so long time to it, there was time enough for Jesus to go to it.

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Vincent's Word Studies

A feast (ἡ ἑορτὴ)

With the definite article, the feast; pointing to something well known.


Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The passover - See the notes at Matthew 26:2, Matthew 26:17.

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Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

And the passover - was nigh - This happened about ten or twelve days before the third passover which Christ celebrated after his baptism. Calmet. For a particular account of our Lord's four passovers see the note on John 2:13.

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Geneva Study Bible

And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4. passover … was nigh-but for the reason mentioned (Joh 7:1), Jesus kept away from it, remaining in Galilee.


John 6:4 Parallel Commentaries
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The Feeding of the Five Thousand
3And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 4And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. 5When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come to him, he said to Philip, From where shall we buy bread, that these may eat? …

Deuteronomy 16:1 Observe the month of Aviv and celebrate the Passover of the LORD your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night.
John 2:13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.