Feast of Dedication

Question 1

And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

Answer 1

John 10:22-23

Question 2

And so they kept the dedication of the altar eight dayes, and offered burnt offerings with gladnesse, and sacrificed the sacrifice of deliuerance and praise.
Moreover Judas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israel ordained, that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their season from year to year by the space of eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu, with mirth and gladness.

Answer 2

1 Maccabees 4:36-61 (v.56 and v.59)

Question 3

And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord.
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.

Answer 3

1 Kings 8:62-63

Question 4

In those daies arose Mattathias the son of Iohn, the sonne of Simeon, a Priest of the sonnes of Ioarib, from Ierusalem, and dwelt in Modin.
And he had fiue sonnes, Ioannan called Caddis:
Simon, called Thassi:
Iudas, who was called Maccabeus:
Eleazar, called Auaran, and Ionathan, whose surname was Apphus.

Answer 4

1 Maccabees 2:1-5