John 10:22

And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δέ dé	G1161	but
was	Ἐγένετο Egeneto	G1096	to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
at	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
Jerusalem	Ἱεροσολύμοις· Hi'erosolumois	G2414	Hierosolyma (i.e. Jerushalaim) · noun — dative plural neuter, a place
dedication	ἐγκαίνια egkainia	G1456	innovatives · noun — nominative plural neuter
and	καί kaí	G2532	and
was	ἦν ēn	G2258	I (thou
winter	χειμὼν cheimōn	G5494	akin to the base of 5490 through the idea of a channel) · noun — nominative singular masculine

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 10:22-38

We have here another rencounter between Christ and the Jews in the temple, in which it is hard to say which is more strange, the gracious words that came out of his mouth or the spiteful ones that came out of theirs. I. We have here the time when this conference was: It was at the feast of dedication, and it was winter, a feast that was annually observed by consent, in remembrance of the dedication of a new altar and the purging of the temple, by Judas Maccabaeus, after the temple had been profaned and the altar defiled; we have the story of it at large in the history of the Maccabees (lib. 1, cap. 4); we have the prophecy of it, Dan 8:13, Dan 8:14. See more of the feast, 2 Macc. 1:18. The r…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 10:22

DISCOURSE AT THE FEAST OF DEDICATION--FROM THE FURY OF HIS ENEMIES JESUS ESCAPES BEYOND JORDAN, WHERE MANY BELIEVE ON HIM. (John 10:22-42) it was . . . the feast of the dedication--celebrated rather more than two months after the feast of tabernacles, during which intermediate period our Lord seems to have remained in the neighborhood of Jerusalem. It was instituted by Jude Maccabeus, to commemorate the purification of the temple from the profanations to which it had been subjected by Antiochus Epiphanes 165 B.C., and kept for eight days, from the twenty-fifth Chisleu (December), the day on which Judas began the first joyous celebration of it (I Maccabees 4:52, 56, 59; and JOSEPHUS, Antiqui…

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Adam Clarke on John 10:22

The feast of the dedication - This was a feast instituted by Judas Maccabeus, in commemoration of his purifying the temple after it had been defiled by Antiochus Epiphanes. This feast began on the twenty-fifth of the month Cisleu, (which answers to the eighteenth of our December), and continued for eight days. When Antiochus had heard that the Jews had made great rejoicings, on account of a report that had been spread of his death, he hastened out of Egypt to Jerusalem, took the city by storm, and slew of the inhabitants in three days forty thousand persons; and forty thousand more he sold for slaves to the neighboring nations. Not contented with this, he sacrificed a great sow on the altar…

The Church Fathers

Judas Maccabeus instituted an annual commemoration of this dedication.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

(i. Mor. e. 11) Or because the season of cold was in keeping with the cold malicious hearts of the Jews.
— Gregory the Dialogist ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Or, it was in memory of the dedication under Judas Maccabeus. The first dedication was that of Solomon in the autumn; the second that of Zorobabel, and the priest Jesus in the spring. This was in winter time.
— Alcuin of York ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Dedication, Feast of the — (John 10:22, 42), i.e., the feast of the renewing. It was instituted B.C. 164 to commemorate the purging of the temple after its pollution by Antiochus Epiphanes (B.C. 167), and the rebuilding of the…
Festivals, Religious — There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-42; Lev. 6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9;…
John, Gospel of — The genuineness of this Gospel, i.e., the fact that the apostle John was its author, is beyond all reasonable doubt. In recent times, from about 1820, many attempts have been made to impugn its…
Dedication · .See FEAST OF — .See FEAST OF
Feast Of Dedication, The · Held in the winter month, Chisleu — Held in the winter month, Chisleu
Sheep · Illustrative: Of the people of Christ — Illustrative: Of the people of Christ
Temple, The Second · Cleansed and rededicated by Judas Maccabaeus after its desecration by Antiochus Epiphanes — Cleansed and rededicated by Judas Maccabaeus after its desecration by Antiochus Epiphanes
Winter · Coldness and inclemency of, noticed — Coldness and inclemency of, noticed

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

John 10:22

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Matthew Henry on John 10:22-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 10:22

Adam Clarke on John 10:22

The Church Fathers

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John 10:22

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 10:22-38

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 10:22

Adam Clarke on John 10:22

The Church Fathers

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John Gill on John 10:22

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 10:22