My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
The Feast of Dedication commemorates Judas Maccabaeus's purification of the temple after Antiochus Epiphanes defiled it in 165 B.C., celebrated eight days from the twenty-fifth of Chisleu. That it was winter matters: it marks the setting and hints at the coldness of the Jews' hearts against Him.
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Commenting on John 10:22-42
My Father, which gave them me--(See on Joh 6:37-39). is greater than all--with whom no adverse power can contend. It is a general expression of an admitted truth, and what follows shows for what purpose it was uttered, "and none is able to pluck them out of My Father's hand." The impossibility of true believers being lost, in the midst of all the temptations which...
My Father which gave them me,.... So the sheep came to be Christ's, and to be in his hand; the Father gave them to him, put them into his hands, and made them his care and charge: is greater than all; than all gods, than all beings, than all creatures, angels and men, and than all the enemies of his people; this must be allowed...