Geneva Study Bible Commentary
John 10:23
(7) And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
(7) The unbelievers and proud men accuse the gospel of darkness, and this very darkness is indeed within themselves.
(7) And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
(7) The unbelievers and proud men accuse the gospel of darkness, and this very darkness is indeed within themselves.
Verse 23. _SOLOMON'S PORCH._] By what we find in Josephus, Ant. b. xx. c. 8, s. 7, a portico built by Solomon, on the east side of the outer court of the temple, was left standing by Herod, when he r...
SOLOMON’S PORCH - The porch or covered way on the east of the temple. See the notes at Matthew 21:12....
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The Shepherd of the Sheep. (John 10:1 .)_ 2. The Good Shepherd, His Sheep and His Work. (John 10:6 .) 3. At the Feast of Dedication; the Repeated Testimony. (John 10:22 .) 4. Accuse...
THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION._ Mg.,_ At that time suggests a closer connexion with what precedes than the old reading And. But in any case the notes of time are not precise. The Feast of the Dedication...
WAKED IN SOLOMON'S PORCH. A long, covered colonnade, or veranda, with the roof resting on pillars. It is generally supposed to have been in the southeast part of the temple inclosure, overlooking the...
It was the Festival of the Dedication in Jerusalem. It was wintry weather, and Jesus was walking in the Temple precincts in Solomon's Porch. So the Jews surrounded him. "How long, they said to him, "a...
THE SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEP (John 10:1-6)...
WALKED. was walking. _in._ Greek. _en._ App-104. TEMPLE. Greek. _hieron._ See note on Matthew 23:18. SOLOMON'S PORCH. According to Josephus _(Antiquities xx._ 9, 7), this was. relic from Solomon's te...
_in Solomon's porch_ This was a cloister or colonnade in the Temple-Courts, apparently on the east side. Tradition said that it was a part of the original building which had survived the various destr...
The Discourse at the Feast of the Dedication Again we seem to have a gap in the narrative. Between John 10:21 (but see below) there is an interval of about two months; for the Feast of Tabernacles wo...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
ἘΝ Τ. ΣΤ. Σ.] This was a cloister or colonnade in the Temple-Courts, apparently on the east side. Tradition said that it was a part of the original building which had survived the various destructions...
THE DISCOURSE AT THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION Again we seem to have a gap in the narrative. Between John 10:21-22 (but see below) there is an interval of about two months; for the Feast of Tabernacles...
Ver 22. And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. 24. Then came the Jews round about him, and said to him, How long...
_JESUS WAS REJECTED BY THE JEWS -- JOHN 10:22-38:_ That winter, Jesus was in Jerusalem for the feast of the dedication. In Solomon's Porch the people gathered all around Him. They asked Jesus to tell...
ΠΕΡΙΕΠΆΤΕΙ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΡΊΠΑΤΈΩ (G4043) ходить вокруг. Прогрессивный _impf._, изображающий процесс хождения, или iterat. _impf._, указывающий на длительное хождение, с остановками и возобнов...
IT WAS—THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION,— As this feast was in winter, it could not be observed in commemoration of the dedication of the temple by Solomon, which happened in the month _Ethanim,_ which ans...
CLAIMS TO DEITY _Text 10:22-31_ 22 And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: 23 it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch. 24 The Jews therefore came roun...
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. AND JESUS WALKED IN THE TEMPLE, IN SOLOMON'S PORCH - for shelter. This portico was on the east side of the temple, and Josephus says it was part...
3 John the baptist was the door keeper who opened the door to the true Shepherd. Many another has come claiming to be Israel's shepherd, but they did not come in God's appointed way. 4 The Eastern sh...
THE GOOD SHEPHERD. THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION 1-18. Allegories of the Fold and of the Good Shepherd. This chapter continues Christ's discourse to His Pharisaic disciples begun at John 9:39. His words...
JESUS AT THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION. As there is no statement that Jesus went up to Jerusalem, it is fair to infer that Jesus spent the two months between the Feast of Tabernacles and that of the Ded...
PORCH] i.e. portico, or, cloister. This portico was on the E. side of the Temple buildings, and, according to Josephus, was a portion of Solomon's Temple, which had been left standing by Nebuchadnezza...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 10 JESUS TELLS A STORY ABOUT A *SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEP 10:1-10 V1 Jesus said, ‘I tell you the truth. Only thieves climb...
AND JESUS WALKED IN THE TEMPLE... — Better, _and Jesus was walking._ The scene is remembered and pictured as it took place. IN SOLOMON’S PORCH. — The place is mentioned again in Acts 3:11; Acts 5:12....
CHAPTER 22 JESUS, SON OF GOD. “And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch. The Jews therefore came round about Him, and...
For the sake of shelter Jesus was walking with His disciples [περιεπάτει] in Solomon's Porch, a cloister on the east side of the Temple area (Joseph., _Antiq._, xx. 9, 7) apparently reared on some rem...
_Sayings of Jesus at the Feast of Dedication_....
OUR ASSURANCE OF SAFE-KEEPING John 10:19-30 Our Lord did not shrink from the avowal of His divine origin and glory, when there was need or when they were challenged. See John 4:26; Matthew 26:64. For...
Continuing, He gave a more detailed picture of that coming order. There was to be a fold, with a door. There was to be a flock, with a shepherd. Entrance to the fold would be by the door. The flock wo...
In the gallery of Solomon, which was near the temple, supposed to be attached to the eastern gate of the court, and called _beautiful. See Acts iii. 2._...
CHAPTER 8. THE GOOD SHEPHERD John 10:1-29. “ _Truly_, _truly_, _I say unto you_, _The one not coming in through the door_, _but climbing up some other way_, _he is a thief and a robber_.” It is subse...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 22-32. 1. The argument presented by Godet, as against Meyer, Weiss and others, seems satisfactory as showing that Jesus probably left Jerusalem and its ne...
THIRD SECTION: 10:22-42. THE SECOND DISCOURSE. In chap. John 7:19-24, we have seen Jesus return, in a discourse pronounced at the feast of Tabernacles, to the fact of the healing of the impotent man ...
SECOND PART: THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNBELIEF IN ISRAEL. 5:1- 12:50. UP to this point, decided faith and unbelief have been only exceptional phenomena; the masses have remained in a state of passive indiff...
“ _Now they were celebrating the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem;it was winter._ 23. _And Jesus was walking about in the temple, in_ _Solomon's porch._ 24. _The Jews therefore surrounded him; and...
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. (20) And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? (21) Others said, These are not the words of him that h...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
23._And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch. _The Evangelist gives to _Solomon’s porch _the designation of_the temple_; not that it was the sanctuary, but only an appendage to_the temp...
In chapter 10 He contrasts Himself with all those who pretended, or had pretended, to be shepherds of Israel. He develops these three points; He comes in by the door; He is the door; and He is the She...
AND JESUS WALKED IN THE TEMPLE,.... To keep himself warm, and to secure him the better from the inclemency of the weather: IN SOLOMON'S PORCH; which was covered over, and the outside of it was enclos...
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. Ver. 23. _And Jesus walked in the temple_] Taking the opportunity of that public meeting to do good, as the bee is abroad as soon as the sun ariseth...
_And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication_ Or, as εγενετο δε τα εγκαινια may be rendered, _Now the feast of dedication came on at Jerusalem:_ for it does not appear that the preceding disco...
SOLOMON'S PORCH; a portico on the east side of the temple....
CHRIST'S SERMON AT THE FEAST OF DEDICATION. The testimony of Jesus concerning Himself:...
AND JESUS WALKED IN THE TEMPLE IN SOLOMON'S PORCH....
THE SHEEPFOLD AND THE SHEPHERD (vs.1-18) Now the Lord speaks in parabolic form, again in verse 1 doubly pressing the truth of His words. One climbing the fence of the sheepfold (rather then entering...
22-30 All who have any thing to say to Christ, may find him in the temple. Christ would make us to believe; we make ourselves doubt. The Jews understood his meaning, but could not form his words into...
Of this _Solomon's porch_ we read, 1 KINGS 6:3, that Solomon _built the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits_ long, and _ten cubits_ broad. This was the place where they walked in winte...
John 10:23 And G2532 Jesus G2424 walked G4043 (G5707) in G1722 temple G2411 in G1722 Solomons G4672 porch...
‘And Jesus was walking in the Temple, in Solomon's porch. The Judaisers therefore came round about him and said to him, “How long will you take away our life? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly”....
THE FEAST OF DEDICATION (JOHN 10:22)....
John 10:23. AND JESUS WALKED IN THE TEMPLE-COURTS, IN SOLOMON'S PORCH. The ‘porch' which bore Solomon's name was a covered colonnade on the eastern side of the outer court of the temple. According to...
The contest with the Jews is continued. The section strikingly illustrates the plan of the gospel (1) by taking up again that claim of Jesus to be the Son of God which had, more than anything else, pr...
WAS WALKING (περιεπατε). Imperfect active of περιπατεω, to walk around, picturesque imperfect.IN SOLOMON'S PORCH (εν τη στοα του Σολομωνος). A covered colonnade or portico in which people could wa...
John 10:1. _Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber._ The positiveness of our Lord's teac...
John 10:1. _Verily, verily, I say unto you,_ Now we may be absolutely certain that there is something of the utmost importance wherever Christ uses the solemn asseveration of «Verily, verily,» the sa...
CONTENTS: Discourse on the Good Shepherd. Jesus' deity asserted. CHARACTERS: Jesus, God. CONCLUSION: God, our great owner, the sheep of whose pasture we are by creation, has constituted His Son, Jes...
John 10:1. _He that entereth not by the door is a thief and a robber._ After the scribes had formed a plot against the life of the good shepherd, he told them that they were not the children of Abraha...
WHEN THE JEWS GATHERED AROUND HIM. The Jewish authorities. They do not ask this for information, but to try to incriminate him....
_And it was at Jerusalem the feast of Dedication_ THE ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THE FEAST OF DEDICATION Antiochus Epiphanes, on his return from the conquest of Egypt, having entered Jerusalem with very...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 10:23 On TEMPLE as the larger temple area, see note on 2:14. Probably because of the cold winter weather (see John 10:22), J
1-41 CHAPTER 10 VER. 1. _Verily, verily_ (that is in truth, most truly and most assuredly), _I say unto you, He that entereth not_, &c. He puts forth this parable to show who He is, and who are His ri...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 10:22. _Our Lord’s utterances at the feast of dedication on His oneness with the Father, etc._—This feast (τὰ ἐγκαίνια—the Encænia) was post-exilic in its origin....
EXPOSITION JOHN 10:1 5. _Christ the Shepherd of the flock of God_._ _The discourse which now follows was the Lord's parabolic or allegoric reply to the conduct of the Pharisaic malignants. These men...
So chapter 10, it would seem to be as just a continuation of this whole movement here of the blind man receiving his sight, being put out by the organized religious system, being taken in by Jesus Chr...
Acts 3:11; Acts 5:12...
Solomon's porch. A covered colonnade on the eastern side of the outer court of the temple. According to Josephus it was a relic of Solomon's days, which had remained intact in the destruction of the t...
In Solomon's portico — Josephus informs us, that when Solomon built the temple, he filled up a part of the adjacent valley, and built a portico over it toward the east. This was a noble structure, sup...
In these verses we have recorded. new and fresh debate betwixt our Saviour and the Jews, and therein we have observable, 1. The time of this debate, John 10:22. It was AT THE FEAST OF DEDICATION, IN...