the Jews' feast. See note on John 2:13.
of tabernacles. of booths. Not sleaze, as in Septuagint. (Leviticus 23:34.Deuteronomy 16:13; 2 Chronicles 8:13.Ezra 3:4; Ezra 3:4); but skenopegia. booth-making, as in Deuteronomy 16:16; Deuteronomy 31:10; Zechariah 14:16; Zechariah 14:18; Zechariah 14:19. Only direct reference to this feast in N.T. See App-179.
at hand. near.