Feast of Dedication
Britishnoun
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The Feast of Dedication has been proposed by Kepler and Petavius.
From A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ Based on the Broadus Harmony in the Revised Version by Robertson, Archibald Thomas
A messenger from Pilate, sent on an errand to the headquarters at Scopus, brings the tidings that Christ is in Jerusalem as a visitor at the Feast of Dedication.
From An Easter Disciple The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight by Sanford, Arthur Benton
The last time He had visited their home was at the Feast of Dedication, during the season of winter, when the palm-trees were bared of their leaves, and the voice of the turtle was silent.
From Memories of Bethany by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)
It was torn by anxiety as to the fate of her boy, her scholar son, unaccountably absent for the first time from the household ceremonies of the Feast of Dedication.
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
The Feast of Dedication, not named in the Old Testament.
From Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
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