God’s Word Translation
John 10:23
23Jesus was walking on Solomon’s porch in the temple courtyard.
John 10:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
- New International Version (NIV)and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
Context of John 10:23
21Others said, “No one talks like this if he’s possessed by a demon. Can a demon give sight to the blind?” 22The Festival of the Dedication of the Temple took place in Jerusalem during the winter. Jesus was walking on Solomon’s porch in the temple courtyard. 24The Jews surrounded him. They asked him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” 25Jesus answered them, “I’ve told you, but you don’t believe me. The things that I do in my Father’s name testify on my behalf.
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καὶ περιεπάτει ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἐν τῇ στοᾷ τοῦ Σολομῶνος.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 10:23
Commentaries on John 10:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Solomon'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 rebuilt the temple. This portico was four hundred cubits long, and was left standing, probably, because of its grandeur and beauty. But when Agrippa came to Jerusalem, a few years before the destruction of the city by the Romans, and about eighty years after Herod had…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Solomon‘s porch - The porch or covered way on the east of the temple. See the notes at Matthew 21:12.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-30Verses 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 a full charge against him. He described the gracious disposition and happy state of his sheep; they heard and believed his word, followed him as his faithful disciples, and none of them should perish; for the Son and the Father were one. Thus he was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23Large covered walkways with rows of columns stood around all four sides of the temple’s central courtyard. These structures are called colonnades. Solomon’s Colonnade was on the east side. It provided shelter from wind and rain, especially during the winter months.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-4222-23. 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…Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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