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Joh 10:22. Ἐγκαίνια, Feast of Dedication) instituted by Judas Maccabæus: 1Ma 4:59. [He did not go up to Jerusalem purposely, for the sake of this ecclesiastical feast (as He had done on account of the other feasts, established by the Law), but He was present at it owing to circumstances. He did not remain long in Jerusalem at the Feast of the Passover, mentioned Joh 2:3 : He remained a little longer after Pentecost, ch. 5; but, after He had accomplished His journey to the Feast of Tabernacles (ch. Joh 7:8, “I go not up yet unto this feast: for My time is not yet fully come”), in order that the end might crown the work with completion [in order to give the finishing stroke to His work], He in fine made a delay there longer than usual, from the Feast of Tabernacles beyond [so as to stay over] the Feast of Dedication.-Harm., p. 364.]