1 After this the Jews had a Festival (holy day), and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 5:1 Cross References - NSB
Exodus 23:14-17
14 »Celebrate three festivals a year to honor me.
15 »In the month of Abib, the month in which you left Egypt, celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the way that I commanded you. Do not eat any bread made with yeast during the seven days of this festival. Never come to worship me without bringing an offering.
16 »Celebrate the Harvest Festival when you begin to harvest your crops. Celebrate the Festival of Shelters in the autumn, when you gather the fruit from your vineyards and orchards.
17 »All your males should appear before Jehovah God three times a year.
Exodus 34:23
23 »Three times a year all your men must come into the presence of the Sovereign Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Leviticus 23:2-4
2 »Tell the Israelites: ‘These are the appointed festivals with Jehovah. You must announce these as holy assemblies.
3 »‘You may work for six days. But the seventh day is a day of worship (Sabbath), a day when you do not work, and a holy assembly. Do not do any work. It is Jehovah’s day of worship wherever you live.
4 »‘The following are Jehovah’s appointed festivals with holy assemblies. You must announce these at their appointed times.
Deuteronomy 16:16
16 »Three times a year all your men must come into the presence of Jehovah your God at the place he will choose. At the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. But no one may come into the presence of Jehovah without an offering.
Matthew 3:15
15 Jesus answered emphatically: »This is the proper way to do everything that God requires. This is the way it must be!«
John 2:13
13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand and Jesus went to Jerusalem.
Galatians 4:4
4 When the full time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,