John 10:22

John 10:22

20 And many of them said, ^a“He has a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to Him?”

21 Others said, “These are not the words of one who has a demon. ^aCan a demon ^bopen the eyes of the blind?”

The Shepherd Knows His Sheep

22 Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.

23 And Jesus walked in the temple, ^ain Solomon’s porch.

24 Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, “How long do You keep us in¹ doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. ^aThe works that I do in My Father’s name, they ^bbear witness of Me.

26 But ^ayou do not believe, because you are not of My sheep,¹ as I said to you.

27 ^aMy sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

29 ^aMy Father, ^bwho has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

30 ^aI and My Father are one.”

Renewed Efforts to Stone Jesus

31 Then ^athe Jews took up stones again to stone Him.

32 Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”

33 The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for ^ablasphemy, and because You, being a Man, ^bmake Yourself God.”

34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ^a‘I said, “You are gods” ’?

35 If He called them gods, ^ato whom the word of God came (and the Scripture ^bcannot be broken),

36 do you say of Him ^awhom the Father sanctified and ^bsent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ ^cbecause I said, ‘I am ^dthe Son of God’?

37 ^aIf I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

38 but if I do, though you do not believe Me, ^abelieve the works, that you may know and¹ believe ^bthat the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”

39 ^aTherefore they sought again to seize Him, but He escaped out of their hand.

The Believers Beyond Jordan

40 And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place ^awhere John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed.

41 Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, ^abut all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.”

42 And many believed in Him there.

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John 10:22 It was . . . the feast of dedication. Two months after the last incidents, which occurred at and shortly after the Feast of Tabernacles. The Feast of Dedication occurred in December, was not divinely appointed, but was instituted by Judas Maccabaeus in 164 BC, to commemorate the purification of the temple after it had been defiled by the Syrians. Jesus took the occasion to teach the people that came together. There is no proof that he observed it.

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