JOHN 10:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.”
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand — Jesus escalates the assurance by appealing to the Father's greater power and authority (ho pater mou ho megistoteros panton, 'my Father is greater than all'). The sheep are given to the Son by the Father, establishing that salvation rests on the Father's sovereign choice and the Father's power, which exceeds all other forces. The reiteration of the hand-image (out of the Father's hand) establishes double security: both Father and Son hold the sheep in their care.
Church Fathers on John 10:29
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication. Encænia is the feast of the dedication of the temple; from the Greek word signifying new. The dedication of any thing new was called encænia.
It was the feast of the dedication of the temple, after the return from the Babylonish captivity.
Or, it was in memory of the dedication under Judas Maccabeus. The first dedication was that of Solomon in the autumn; the second that of Zorobabel, and the priest Jesus in the spring. This was in winter time.
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