John 10:23
New International Version
and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.

New Living Translation
He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade.

English Standard Version
and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon.

Berean Standard Bible
and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.

Berean Literal Bible
and Jesus was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon.

King James Bible
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

New King James Version
And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

New American Standard Bible
it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area, in the portico of Solomon.

NASB 1995
it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon.

NASB 1977
it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon.

Legacy Standard Bible
it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the Portico of Solomon.

Amplified Bible
It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple [area] in Solomon’s portico.

Christian Standard Bible
Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s Colonnade.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jesus was walking in the temple complex in Solomon’s Colonnade.

American Standard Version
it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Yeshua was walking in The Temple on the porch of Solomon.

Contemporary English Version
One day he was walking in the part of the temple known as Solomon's Porch,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch.

English Revised Version
and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Jesus was walking on Solomon's porch in the temple courtyard.

Good News Translation
Jesus was walking in Solomon's Porch in the Temple,

International Standard Version
and Jesus was walking around in the Temple inside the open porch of Solomon.

Literal Standard Version
and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,

Majority Standard Bible
and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.

New American Bible
And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon.

NET Bible
It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area in Solomon's Portico.

New Revised Standard Version
and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.

New Heart English Bible
It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

Weymouth New Testament
and Jesus was walking in the Temple in Solomon's Portico,

World English Bible
It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,

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Context
The Unbelief of the Jews
22At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, 23and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade. 24So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”…

Cross References
John 10:22
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,

Acts 3:11
While the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and ran to them in the walkway called Solomon's Colonnade.

Acts 5:12
The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon's Colonnade.


Treasury of Scripture

And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

in Solomon's.

Acts 3:11
And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

Acts 5:12
And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

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John 10
1. Jesus is the door, and the good shepherd.
19. Diverse opinions of him.
23. He proves by his works that he is Jesus the Son of God;
31. escapes the Jews;
39. and goes again beyond Jordan, where many believe on him.














(23) And Jesus walked in the temple . . .--Better, and Jesus was walking. The scene is remembered and pictured as it took place.

In Solomon's porch.--The place is mentioned again in Acts 3:11; Acts 5:12. It was rather a cloister or arcade than what we usually call a porch. It is said to have been on the east of the Temple, and to have been a relic of the original building which had survived all destructions and restorations, and had brought down its founder's name from its founder's time. (Comp. Jos. Ant. xx. 9, ? 7.) It does not seem clear, however, that Josephus calls anything more than the eastern wall by the name of Solomon, and he calls the cloister above it simply the "Eastern cloister." It is more likely that the true position of "Solomon's porch" is to be found in one of the subterranean structures which existed in the time of our Lord, and exist now as they did in the time of Solomon. Caspari would identify the corridor under El-Aksa with "Solomon's porch," and thus connect the place where our Lord walked at this feast with the Holy Church of Zion, and the place of the outpouring of the Holy Ghost. (Chron. and Geogr., Introd., Append. ? 22; Eng. Trans., pp. 297-9. Comp. Note on refs. in Acts.) The place as mentioned here is another instance of the writer's remembrance of topographical details connected with the Temple. (Comp. John 8:20.) The fact that it was winter, and the fact that He was walking in this covered cloister or crypt, explain each other.

Verse 23. - And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. He walked in Solomon's portico - that part of the temple of Herod which the apostles afterwards adopted as the scene of some of their most explicit assertions of the gospel (Acts 3:11; Acts 5:12). It was associated with the grandest events in their national history; for it was reared on the substructions of Solomon's temple, which even to the present day are intact (Robinson's 'Palestine,' 1:289; Palestine Exploration Society's Reports; 'Recovery of Jerusalem,' frontispiece, pp. 17, 226, 309-319). The Lord walked there because it was winter, and wintry weather. This reveals a little touch of the hand of an eye-witness. We need not ask for any more transcendental explanation. The note of time, moreover, implies that two months had elapsed since the Feast of Tabernacles. Wieseler calculates that the Feast of Tabernacles closed on October 19, and the Feast of Dedication began on December 20, and, if so, time is left for a portion of the Galilaean ministry cited in Luke 10. - 13. Ezra 10:9-13 shows that the time referred to was after a period of heavy rain, and may account for Jesus walking in the shelter of the portico.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Jesus
Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

was walking
περιεπάτει (periepatei)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4043: From peri and pateo; to tread all around, i.e. Walk at large; figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

temple courts
ἱερῷ (hierō)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2411: Neuter of hieros; a sacred place, i.e. The entire precincts of the Temple.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Solomon’s
Σολομῶνος (Solomōnos)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 4672: Solomon, son of David King of Israel, and Bathsheba. Of Hebrew origin; Solomon, the son of David.

Colonnade.
στοᾷ (stoa)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4745: A colonnade, portico. Probably from histemi; a colonnade or interior piazza.


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