Feast of Dedication
Britishnoun
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The Feast of Dedication, not named in the Old Testament.
From Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
“How long keepest thou our soul in suspense?” was the question put to Him as late as the Feast of Dedication, 28 a.d., the year before He suffered.
From Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 by Beibitz, J. H. (Joseph Hugh)
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
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
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