Feast of Dedication
Britishnoun
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It might be a later Feast of Dedication, but this feast was not one of the great feasts and would hardly have drawn Jesus all the way from Galilee to attend it.
From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Robertson, Archibald Thomas
Jesus returned to Jerusalem in time to attend the Feast of Dedication during the last winter of His earthly life.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward
It was torn by anxiety as to the fate of her boy, her scholar son, unaccountably absent for the first time from the household ceremonies of the Feast of Dedication.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
Some authorities think that Christmas was celebrated in December by the ancient Church because that was the date of the Feast of Dedication.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
The last time He had visited their home was at the Feast of Dedication, during the season of winter, when the palm-trees were bared of their leaves, and the voice of the turtle was silent.
From Memories of Bethany by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
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