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Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
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Verse 55. This was the last Pasch that our Saviour kept upon earth, and the one on which he suffered death for our salvation. Calmet.—It is well called the Pasch of the Jews, and not of the Lord, since on it they were laying snares to apprehend their Saviour. Origen.—Thus making this day of festivity a day of murder. Saint John Chrysostom hom. lxv in Joan.—They went up so early to purify themselves by the sacrifices ordered by the law. V.
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