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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on John 11:55
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
John 11:55 · Douay-Rheims
“And the pasch of the Jews was at hand; and many from the country went up to Jerusalem, before the pasch to purify themselves.”
On this verse:
“passover . . . at hand . . . many went . . . up . . . before the passover, to purify themselves--from any legal uncleanness which would have disqualified them from keeping the feast. This is mentioned to introduce the graphic statement which follows.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.