The Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.
In context
2A large crowd followed him, because they had seen the signs he was performing on the sick. 3Jesus went up the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4The Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near. 5Jesus looked up, and seeing a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6He said this to test him; he himself already knew what he was going to do.
