John 10 · Verse 23

John 10:23

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

John 10:23, King James Version

John 10:23 in other translations

BSB	and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
WEB	It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
ASV	it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
YLT	and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,
DARBY	And Jesus walked in the temple in the porch of Solomon.
BBE	And Jesus was walking in the Temple, in Solomon's covered way.
Webster	And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

What does John 10:23 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 10:22-23

Joh 10:22-42. Discourse at the Feast of Dedication--From the Fury of His Enemies Jesus Escapes beyond Jordan, Where Many Believe on Him. 22-23. it was ... the feast of the dedication--celebrated rather more than two months after the feast of tabernacles, during which intermediate period our Lord seems to have remained in the neighborhood of Jerusalem. It was instituted by Jude Maccabeus, to commemorate the…

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 23.

(x) "Solomon's porch" Acts 3:11, 5:12

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 23 Solomon's porch - By what we find in Josephus, Ant. b. xx. c. 8, s. 7, a portico built by Solomon, on the east side of the outer court of the temple, was left standing by Herod, when he rebuilt the temple. This portico was four hundred cubits long, and was left standing, probably, because of its grandeur and beauty. But when Agrippa came to Jerusalem, a few years before the destruction of the city by the Romans, and about eighty years after Herod had begun his building, (till which time what Herod had begun was not completed), the Jews solicited Agrippa to repair this portico at his own expense, using for argument, not only that the building was growing ruinous, but that otherwise eighteen thousand workmen, who had all of them, until then, been employed in carrying on the works of the temple, would be all at once deprived of a livelihood.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 10:22-30

All who have any thing to say to Christ, may find him in the temple. Christ would make us to believe; we make ourselves doubt. The Jews understood his meaning, but could not form his words into a full charge against him. He described the gracious disposition and happy state of his sheep; they heard and believed his word, followed him as his faithful disciples, and none of them should perish; for the Son and the…

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John 10:23 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiandG2532

περιεπάτειperiepateiwas walkingG4043

ὁho<the>G3588

ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424

ἐνeninG1722

τῷtōtheG3588

ἱερῷhi'erōtempleG2411

ἐνeninG1722

τῇtēatheG3588

στοᾷstoaporchG4745

τοῦtou<the>G3588

Σολομῶνος.Solomōnosof Solomon.G4672

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 10:23

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.
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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

in Solomon's.
Ac 3:11; 5:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

John 10:22
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
John 10:23
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.
John 10:24
Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

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John 10:23 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y Jesús andaba en el templo por el portal de Salomón.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Jésus se promenait dans le temple, au portique de Salomon.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Jesus wandelte in dem Tempel, in der Säulenhalle Salomons.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et ambulabat Jesus in templo, in porticu Salomonis.