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Feast of Dedication

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noun

  1. Judaism a literal translation of Chanukah

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The Feast of Dedication has been proposed by Kepler and Petavius.

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

It is that loud and turbulent Galilean, That came here at the Feast of Dedication, And stirred the people up to break the Law!

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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

A messenger from Pilate, sent on an errand to the headquarters at Scopus, brings the tidings that Christ is in Jerusalem as a visitor at the Feast of Dedication.

From An Easter Disciple The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight by Sanford, Arthur Benton

Feast, of Dedication, 487, 499;   of Tabernacles, 400, 419;   of the Passover, 112, 167;   the traditional Messianic, 538.

From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward