John 10:22

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

During the winter, when the Festival of Dedication was being held in Jerusalem [Note: This was the Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Temple in 164 BC, after its pagan desecration by Greeks. It is still observed today by Jews as “Hanukkah”],

Cross References

Mark 3:22

And the experts in the Law of Moses who had come down from Jerusalem were saying [Note: This followed the incident of Jesus healing a man with an evil spirit. See Matt. 12:22-28], “He has Beelzebub [in him],” and “He is driving out evil spirits by [the power of] the chief of evil spirits.”

John 10:21

Others said, “These are not the words of someone dominated by an evil spirit. Can an evil spirit restore sight to a blind person?”

John 10:23

Jesus was walking in the Temple [area] in “Solomon’s Portico” [Note: This was a large covered area, with rows of columns, on the outside of the Temple enclosure].