“After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.”
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem — the first explicit Passover reference frames Jesus' ministry within the Jewish liturgical calendar. The phrase "went up to Jerusalem" (anabainō eis Hierosoluma) invokes Jerusalem's topographical elevation and spiritual significance. This Passover journey initiates a pattern: Jesus structures his ministry around Jewish festivals, participating in and reinterpreting them.
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