And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
Parallel translations
- WEB It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
- BSB and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- ESV and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon.
- NKJV And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
- NASB it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area, in the portico of Solomon.
- NLT He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade.
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Quick answer
It was winter, and Jesus walked in Solomon's porch within the temple. The setting locates Him at the heart of Israel's worship.
Overview
Solomon's porch was a covered colonnade along the temple's eastern side, offering shelter in the winter cold. Jesus' presence in the temple places His teaching at the center of Jewish religious life. The detail also lends the eyewitness vividness characteristic of John's Gospel.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Acts 3:11And 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 5:12And 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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