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John 10:22

And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

KJV

Ἐγένετο δὲ τὰ ἐνκαίνια ἐν τοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις· χειμὼν ἦν·

Greek NT

Facta sunt autem Encænia in Jerosolymis, et hiems erat.

Vulgate

And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem:

ASV

And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem: and it was winter.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
χειμών
cheimon
noun · 6×
ἐγκαίνια
egkainia
noun · 1×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
Ἱεροσόλυμα
ierosoluma
noun · 61×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τότε | WH/NIV: τότε | Treg/RP: δὲ
  • τότεSBLGNT
  • τότεWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δὲTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: τοῖς | WH/Treg/NIV: τοῖς
  • τοῖςSBLGNT
  • τοῖςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: χειμὼν | WH/Treg/NIV: χειμὼν | RP: καὶ χειμὼν
  • χειμὼνSBLGNT
  • χειμὼνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ χειμὼνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§583Like the prophets before him Jesus expressed the deepest respect for the Temple in Jerusalem. It was in the Temple that Joseph and Mary presented him forty days after his birth.349 At the age of twelve he decided to remain in the Temple to remind his parents that he must be about his Father's business.350 He went there each year during his hidden life at least for Passover.351 …
1. A great matter, beloved, a great matter it is to preside over a Church: a matter needing wisdom and courage as great as that of which Christ speaks, that a man should lay down his life for the sheep, and never leave them deserted or naked; that he should stand against the wolf nobly. For in this the shepherd differs from the hireling; the one always looks to his own safety, …

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 7:5 — And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
  • Ezra 6:16 — And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,