Charles Ellicott Commentary John 10:22

"And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem:" — John 10:22 (ASV)

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 day of the Feast of Tabernacles was on October 19, and the Feast of the Dedication on December 20. (See Chron. Synops., Eng. Trans., p. 435; and compare the Note on John 7:2, and Chronological Harmony of the Gospels, p. 35.) In this interval, we may, with great probability, place the events and teaching contained in Luke 10:1 to Luke 13:21, with the parallels in St. Matthew. (Compare the Note on Luke 10:1.) The connection suggests several points of interest:—