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Joh_11:55. Ἦν δὲ ἐγγ . τ . πάσχα τ . Ἰ .] Comp. Joh_2:13, Joh_6:4.
ἐκ τῆς χώρας ] as in Joh_11:45,—accordingly: out of the country (as opposed to Jerusalem), not: out of that district (Grotius, Bengel, Olshausen).
ἵνα ἁγνίσ . ἑαυτ .] refers to the legal usages of self-purification, which varied greatly according to the degrees of the Levitical uncleannesses (washings, sacrifices, etc.). These, in compliance with the general principle of appearing before God pure (Gen_35:2; Exo_19:10-11), were completed before the beginning of the feast, in order to obtain from the priest the declaration of ceremonial cleanness, Num_9:10; 2Ch_30:17-18, et al. Comp. Joh_18:28. Pilgrims accordingly set out according to their needs, in good time before the feast; see Lightfoot, p. 1078, and Lampe.