John 10:22

Jesus at the Feast of Dedication

10:22 Then came the feast of the Dedication ¹  in Jerusalem. ² 

John 9:32

9:32 Never before ³  has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see. ⁴ 

John 11:38

Lazarus Raised from the Dead

11:38 Jesus, intensely moved ⁵  again, came to the tomb. (Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.) ⁶ 

John 1:51

1:51 He continued, ⁷  “I tell all of you the solemn truth ⁸  – you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” ⁹ 

John 9:17

9:17 So again they asked the man who used to be blind, ¹⁰  “What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?” ¹¹  “He is a prophet,” the man replied. ¹² 

[10:22]  ¹ tn That is, Hanukkah or the ‘Festival of Lights.’ The Greek name for the feast, τὰ ἐγκαίνια (ta enkainia), literally means “renewal” and was used to translate Hanukkah which means “dedication.” The Greek noun, with its related verbs, was the standard term used in the LXX for the consecration of the altar of the Tabernacle (Num 7:10-11), the altar of the temple of Solomon (1 Kgs 8:63; 2 Chr 7:5), and the altar of the second temple (Ezra 6:16). The word is thus connected with the consecration of all the houses of God in the history of the nation of Israel.

[10:22]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:32]  ³ tn Or “Never from the beginning of time,” Grk “From eternity.”

[9:32]  ⁴ tn Grk “someone opening the eyes of a man born blind” (“opening the eyes” is an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

[11:38]  ⁵ tn Or (perhaps) “Jesus was deeply indignant.”

[11:38]  ⁶ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[1:51]  ⁷ tn Grk “and he said to him.”

[1:51]  ⁸ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[1:51]  ⁹ sn The title Son of Man appears 13 times in John’s Gospel. It is associated especially with the themes of crucifixion (3:14; 8:28), revelation (6:27; 6:53), and eschatological authority (5:27; 9:35). The title as used in John’s Gospel has for its background the son of man figure who appears in Dan 7:13-14 and is granted universal regal authority. Thus for the author, the emphasis in this title is not on Jesus’ humanity, but on his heavenly origin and divine authority.

[9:17]  ⁹ tn Grk “the blind man.”

[9:17]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “since he opened your eyes” (an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

[9:17]  ¹¹ tn Grk “And he said, ‘He is a prophet.’”