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Simplified Cowboy Version

John 10:23

Jesus was walking along Solomon's Porch in the church courtyard.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Solomon's Porch;   Temple;   Thompson Chain Reference - Porches;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sheep;   Temple, the Second;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Feasts;   John, gospel of;   Shepherd;   Temple;   Tradition;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Soul;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Porch, Solomon's;   Solomon's Porch;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jesus Christ;   Porch;   Solomon's Porch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Calendars;   Solomon;   Solomon's Porch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John, Gospel of;   Porch;   Temple;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Communion (2);   Discourse;   Kingdom of God (or Heaven);   Metaphors;   Porch;   Temple (2);   Walk (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - New Testament;   Solomon's Porch;   Smith Bible Dictionary - John, Gospel of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Temple;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   John, Gospel of;   Porch;   Porch, Portico;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Temple of Herod;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 1;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s Colonnade.
King James Version (1611)
And Iesus walked in the temple in Solomons porch.
King James Version
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
English Standard Version
and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon.
New American Standard Bible
it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area, in the portico of Solomon.
New Century Version
and Jesus was walking in the Temple in Solomon's Porch.
Amplified Bible
It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple [area] in Solomon's portico.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.
Berean Standard Bible
and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon's Colonnade.
Contemporary English Version
One day he was walking in that part of the temple known as Solomon's Porch,
Complete Jewish Bible
and Yeshua was walking around inside the Temple area, in Shlomo's Colonnade.
Darby Translation
And Jesus walked in the temple in the porch of Solomon.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus was in the Temple area at Solomon's Porch.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iesus walked in the Temple, in Solomons porche.
George Lamsa Translation
And Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon''s porch.
Good News Translation
Jesus was walking in Solomon's Porch in the Temple,
Lexham English Bible
and Jesus was walking in the temple in the Portico of Solomon.
Literal Translation
And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's Porch.
American Standard Version
it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch.
Bible in Basic English
And Jesus was walking in the Temple, in Solomon's covered way.
Hebrew Names Version
It was winter, and Yeshua was walking in the temple, in Shlomo's porch.
International Standard Version
and Jesus was walking around in the temple inside the open porch of Solomon.Acts 3:11; 5:12;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
and it was winter. And Jeshu walked in the temple in the portico of Shelumun.
Murdock Translation
And Jesus walked in the temple, in the porch of Solomon.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iesus walked in the temple, euen in Solomons porche.
English Revised Version
and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch.
World English Bible
It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's portico.
Weymouth's New Testament
and Jesus was walking in the Temple in Solomon's Portico,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus walkide in the temple, in the porche of Salomon.
Update Bible Version
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.
New English Translation
It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area in Solomon's Portico.
New King James Version
And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
New Living Translation
He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon's Colonnade.
New Life Bible
It was winter and Jesus was there. He was walking in Solomon's porch in the house of God.
New Revised Standard
and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
Revised Standard Version
it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and Iesus walked in Salomons porche.
Young's Literal Translation
and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and Iesus walked in Salomos porche.
Mace New Testament (1729)
as Jesus therefore was walking in the temple in Solomon's portico,

Contextual Overview

22It was now winter, and Jesus was at the Festival of Dedication of the Temple, or Hanukkah, in Jerusalem. 23Jesus was walking along Solomon's Porch in the church courtyard. 24Some Jews surrounded him and asked, "How long are you going to keep up this ruse? If you are the Top Hand, tell us straight right now." 25Jesus said, "I've already told you, but you won't believe me. The things I do, and the fact that I only give God the credit, tells all you should need to know. 26But you don't believe me because y'all are not my cattle. You were another outfit's brand. 27My cattle know me, and I know them. They go where I lead them. 28The pasture I lead them to is eternal life. I'll never lose a single one, and no one can take a single one from me. 29My Father gave me each one. He is greater than everyone else, and no one could stand against Him and be able to steal one. 30My Father and I ride together." 31They spat back, "We're not killing you for good works. We're gonna kill you for claiming that you are God."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in Solomon's: Acts 3:11, Acts 5:12

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 6:3 - General 1 Kings 7:12 - the porch 2 Chronicles 3:4 - the porch 2 Chronicles 8:12 - before the porch Haggai 2:7 - I will fill Mark 10:30 - eternal Mark 11:27 - as he Mark 14:49 - was John 18:20 - I spake Acts 7:58 - stoned

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jesus walked in the temple,.... To keep himself warm, and to secure him the better from the inclemency of the weather:

in Solomon's porch; which was covered over, and the outside of it was enclosed with a wall, which made it very convenient for such a purpose: this was on the outside of the temple eastward, and was a very magnificent structure: the account Josephus n gives of it is this;

"there was a porch without the temple, overlooking a deep valley, supported by walls of four hundred cubits, made of four square stone, very white; the length of each stone was twenty cubits, and the breadth six; the work of king Solomon, who first founded the whole temple.''

Now, though this was not the porch that was built by Solomon, yet as it was built on the same spot, and in imitation of it, it bore his name; mention is made of it in Acts 3:11.

n Antiqu. l. 20. c. 8. sect. 7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Solomon’s porch - The porch or covered way on the east of the temple. See the notes at Matthew 21:12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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.


 
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