John 6:4

(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover ¹  was near.) ² 

The Jewish Passover Feast was near.

Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near.

(It was nearly time for the annual Passover celebration.)

It was nearly time for the Feast of Passover, kept annually by the Jews.

Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

Now the Passover, the festival of the Jews, was near.

Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.

(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover ¹  was near.) ² 

¹ sn Passover. According to John’s sequence of material, considerable time has elapsed since the feast of 5:1. If the feast in 5:1 was Pentecost of a.d. 31, then this feast would be the Passover of a.d. 32, just one year before Jesus’ crucifixion.

² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.