Giovanni 10:23

23 e Gesù passeggiava nel tempio, sotto il portico di Salomone.

Giovanni 10:23 Meaning and Commentary

John 10:23

And Jesus walked in the temple
To keep himself warm, and to secure him the better from the inclemency of the weather:

in Solomon's porch;
which was covered over, and the outside of it was enclosed with a wall, which made it very convenient for such a purpose: this was on the outside of the temple eastward, and was a very magnificent structure: the account Josephus ^F14 gives of it is this;

``there was a porch without the temple, overlooking a deep valley, supported by walls of four hundred cubits, made of four square stone, very white; the length of each stone was twenty cubits, and the breadth six; the work of king Solomon, who first founded the whole temple.''

Now, though this was not the porch that was built by Solomon, yet as it was built on the same spot, and in imitation of it, it bore his name; mention is made of it in ( Acts 3:11 ) ( 5:12 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Antiqu. l. 20. c. 8. sect. 7.

Giovanni 10:23 In-Context

21 Altri dicevano: Queste non son parole di un indemoniato. Può un demonio aprir gli occhi a’ ciechi?

22 In quel tempo ebbe luogo in Gerusalemme la festa della Dedicazione. Era d’inverno,

23 e Gesù passeggiava nel tempio, sotto il portico di Salomone.

24 I Giudei dunque gli si fecero attorno e gli dissero: fino a quando terrai sospeso l’animo nostro? Se tu sei il Cristo, diccelo apertamente.

25 Gesù rispose loro: Ve l’ho detto, e non lo credete; le opere che fo nel nome del Padre mio, son quelle che testimoniano di me;