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Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem and it was winter.

Okay, so now, even though we're in the middle of chapter 10,

we have a, we've jumped forward because remember we were at the Feast of Tabernacles.

Yeah.

Now we're at the Feast of Dedication, also known as Hanukkah. That's what this is. That's why it notes that it's winter.

Right? This is this...

On this time.

We're celebrating it now.

So we've just skipped some months there.

Yes, we have skipped several months here.

Okay, because remember the Feast of Tabernacles took place as we discussed around harvest

time.

So we're talking about the fall, the autumn, right?

Now we've moved a few months ahead, now we're in winter.

It's the Feast of Dedication.

Remember this is the feast from the Maccabian Revolt when Judas Maccabius and his brothers they overthrew the Greeks

and that gave them the ability to rebuild and rededicate the temple. And so, you know,

the menorah from Hanukkah represents the candle stand in the temple that was relit. And

remember the oil was supposed to last for

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