And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem (εγενετο δε τα ενκαινια εν τοις Ιεροσολυμοις). But Westcott and Hort read τοτε…

The feast of the dedication. Literally, the feast of the renewing, or of the renovation. This feast was instituted by Judas Macca…

Between the last verse and this, there is an interval of time that can be roughly estimated as two months. Wieseler has calculated that the last da…

Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself…

St. Augustine of Hippo: It was the feast of the dedication in Jerusalem. Encænia is the feast of the dedication of the temple, f…

The Feast of Dedication, now known as Hanukkah, was established as a memorial to the purification and rededication of the temple by Judas Maccabeus…

And it was the feast of Dedication. The Greek word (ἐγκαίνια), which we have translated dedication, properly signifies renova…

And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication
That is, of the temple; not as built by Solomon, as Nonnus in his…

All who have anything to say to Christ may find him in the temple. Christ would have us believe; we make ourselves doubt. The Jews understood his m…

1. After showing that he has the power to give life and demonstrating his manner of doing so, our Lord here shows how this power to give lif…