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Feast of Dedication   /fist əv dˌɛdəkˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Feast of Dedication

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(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.  Synonyms: Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah.






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"Feast of dedication" Quotes from Famous Books



... Messiah, but to stand to God in the unique relationship of Son. Nearly two years before, He had called God His own Father, making Himself equal with God (John v. 18); and again, comparatively recently, at the Feast of Dedication, He had claimed that He and the Father were one; in consequence of which the bystanders threatened to take His life because that, being a man, He made Himself God (x. 31-33). Gathering, therefore, the two claims in one, and in the most solemn form, putting Jesus ...
— Love to the Uttermost - Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. • F. B. Meyer



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