John 2:13

John alone recorded that Jesus went up to Jerusalem, topographically again, for three separate Passover celebrations. He referred to a second Passover in John 6:4 and to a third one in John 11:55; John 12:1; John 13:1; John 18:28; John 18:39; and John 19:14. Some interpreters believe that he mentioned a fourth Passover in John 5:1, but this seems unlikely. This first one was evidently the Passover of April 7, A.D. 30, the first one after Jesus began His public ministry. [Note: Herold W. Hoehner, Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ, pp. 55-60, 143.] He celebrated the Passover because He was a Jew who obeyed the Mosaic Law (Deuteronomy 16:1-8), and He used the opportunity to minister. John’s description of the Passover as "the Passover of the Jews" supports the view that he wrote his Gospel late in the first century for a general audience that was mainly Gentile. It also implies that the church no longer observed this feast.