Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 11:55

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 11:55 - 11:55

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - John 11:55 - 11:55

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55. ἦν δὲ ἐγγ. τ. π. τ. Ἰ. Now the passover of the Jews. ‘Of the Jews’ is added with full significance: see on Joh 2:13 and Joh 6:4.

ἵνα ἁγνίσωσιν ἑαυ. (Act 21:24.) Again we have evidence that the Evangelist is a Jew. No purifications are ordered by the Law as a preparation for the Passover. But to be ceremonially unclean was to be excluded (Joh 18:28); hence it was customary for those who were so to go up to Jerusalem in good time, so as to be declared clean before the Feast began.