do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’
36. Whom the Father hath sanctified. There is a sanctification that is common to all believers. But here Christ claims for himself something far more excellent, namely, that he alone was separated from all others, that the power of the Spirit and the majesty of God might be displayed in him; as he formerly said, that him hath God the Father sealed, (John 6:27.) But...
The Jews gather to do battle with gracious words against spiteful ones. This feast, though not divine but human in origin, gave Christ eight days to improve for good purposes. Solomon's porch became His courtroom, where He observed the sanhedrim and stood ready to answer any who sought Him.
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Commenting on John 10:22-38
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