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John 10:22-30
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Feast of the Dedication. 22 The feast of the Dedication[a] was then taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter.(A) 23 [b]And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense?[c] If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”(B) 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you[d] and you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify to me.(C) 26 But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep.(D) 27 My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand.(E) 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all,[e] and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand.(F) 30 [f]The Father and I are one.”(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:22 Feast of the Dedication: an eight-day festival of lights (Hebrew, Hanukkah) held in December, three months after the feast of Tabernacles (Jn 7:2), to celebrate the Maccabees’ rededication of the altar and reconsecration of the temple in 164 B.C., after their desecration by Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Dn 8:13; 9:27; cf. 1 Mc 4:36–59; 2 Mc 1:18–2:19; 10:1–8).
  2. 10:23 Portico of Solomon: on the east side of the temple area, offering protection against the cold winds from the desert.
  3. 10:24 Keep us in suspense: literally, “How long will you take away our life?” Cf. Jn 11:48–50. If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly: cf. Lk 22:67. This is the climax of Jesus’ encounters with the Jewish authorities. There has never yet been an open confession before them.
  4. 10:25 I told you: probably at Jn 8:25 which was an evasive answer.
  5. 10:29 The textual evidence for the first clause is very divided; it may also be translated: “As for the Father, what he has given me is greater than all,” or “My Father is greater than all, in what he has given me.”
  6. 10:30 This is justification for Jn 10:29; it asserts unity of power and reveals that the words and deeds of Jesus are the words and deeds of God.
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