85. Teaching at Solomon’s Porch

        ²²It was the feast of the dedication^a at Jerusalem; ²³it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. ²⁴So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
        ²⁵Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness to me. ²⁶But you do not believe, because you do not belong to my flock. ²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸And I give eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. ³⁰The Father and I are one.”
        ³¹The Jews took up stones again to stone him.
        ³²Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?”
        ³³The Jews answered him, “For no good work would we stone you but for blasphemy,^b because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
        ³⁴Jesus answered them, ³⁶“You say of him whom the Father sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God.' ³⁷If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not, ³⁸but if I do the works of God, even though you do not believe me, believe the works. The Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
        ³⁹Again they tried to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
        ⁴⁰He went away again beyond the Jordan [Perea] to the place where John had first baptized, and there he remained.
        (Jn. 10:22–34, 36–40)

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a   “It was the feast of the dedication”—The feast of the dedication occurred during December and January. This visit of Jesus would have occurred around January AD 30, and Jesus would have been about 35 years old.

b   “blasphemy”—blas•phe•my n. [from the Greek blasphemein, to speak evil of] 1: irreverence toward God: (1) indignity offered to God in speaking, writing, or signs (2) the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity. (Webster's Unabridged)

Jn. 10:24  the Messiah, tell (Ch. 13, fn. c) / the Christ, tell (RSV)
Jn. 10:25  name bear / name, they bear (RSV)
Jn. 10:26  my flock. (TCNT) / my sheep. (RSV)
Jn. 10:30  The Father and I are one.” / I and the Father are one." (RSV)
Jn. 10:33  For no good work would we (TCNT) / It is not for a good work that we (RSV)
Jn. 10:34  them, / them, “Is it not written in your law, 'I said, you are Gods'? (RSV)
Jn. 10:36  You / Do you (RSV) • Father sent / Father consecrated and sent (RSV)
Jn. 10:37  KJV
Jn. 10:38  do the works of God, even (Jn. 10:37) / do them, even (KJV) • works. The / works, that you may know and understand that the (RSV)
Jn. 10:40  again beyond the (KJV) / again across the (RSV) • Jordan [Perea] to / Jordan to (RSV)   (164:5/1815–6)

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