They recaptured it on the same: The Maccabees then purify the Temple and rededicate it on the 25th of Kislev, which is the date on the Hebrew calendar when we begin to celebrate the eight days of Chanukah. (The Hebrew word Chanukah means "dedication" or "inauguration.")
Early in the morning of the 25th day of the ninth month which is the month of Kislev...they [the priests] rose and offered sacrifices, as the law directs, on the new alter of burnt offerings which they had built...it was dedicated with songs and harps and lutes and cymbals...So they celebrated the dedication of the alter for eight days...(I Maccabees 4:52-56)
30 December (Or around that time Jesus, The Call Him King
John 10:22 Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem.....
It was winter, 23and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade
Jesus returns to Jerusalem for the Feast of Dedication
(Hanukkah) (
John 10.22)
21But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
12The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. 13
The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep. 14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,…
9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved.
10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.…
17The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.…
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well,..........Feast of Dedication