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Dec 10, 2020 · 5. We need to be very careful with the text here - John 10:22 only says that Jesus was in Jerusalem at the feast Dedication which most understand to be "Hanukkah", the historic celebration of the Maccabean Revolt and rededication of the temple. However, there would be only two reasons for Jesus to be in Jerusalem at this time of year:
Dec 1, 1998 · The miracle of Hanukkah is the miracle of God’s preserving power. In any case, it is still appropriate at Hanukkah to say, “Nes gadol haya sham—a great miracle happened there.” The miracle of Hanukkah is the miracle of God’s preserving power. Israel’s victory over Antiochus and his mighty army showed forth that miraculous power.
6. It takes courage to display your light. It is traditional for Jewish households to display Hanukkah menorahs in the window, for all to see. There have been times in history when it has been a very brave thing to do. Some defied all odds, defiantly putting the hanukkiah up anyway, despite the danger.
Dec 18, 2022 · 1. Jesus as Hanukkah’s Hero. The Festival of Lights would’ve reminded the people of the heroic leadership of Judas Maccabeus. Yet, in John 10, one greater than Judas stood among them. Jesus’s identity looms large in this passage and throughout John’s Gospel. John’s purpose statement, found in 20:31, reads, “But these [things] are ...
1. In the original Hebrew, the 25th word in the Torah is ohr, “light.”. We begin lighting the Chanukah lights on the 25th day of the month of Kislev. 2. When the Jews traveled in the desert, on their way from Egypt to the land of Israel, the twenty-fifth place that they camped (“rested”) was Chashmonah. 1 This alludes to the priestly ...
Dec 3, 2023 · Hanukkah, 1 and 2 Maccabees, and the Apocrypha. Lucas van Leyden, Joshua, David, Judas Maccabees, 1515/1517, woodcut, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.5706. Every year, Jewish families the world over celebrate the festival of Hanukkah. And how dramatic it is: Just as the nights are starting earlier and earlier, and just as it is getting colder and ...
Nov 17, 2009 · Jesus Celebrates Hanukkah. The Lord Jesus observed the celebration of Hanukkah in the Temple during the winter of AD 29 (Jn 10:22–39). Just prior to this account, two “illustrations” (10:6) of Jesus as the Good Shepherd (10:1–5 and 10:7–10) were given, as well as Jesus’s interpretation of these parables (10:11–18).
