10:23

Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade: At the time of this event, Jesus was walking around in the temple area in Jerusalem. The words Solomon’s Colonnade describe the exact part of the temple where he was walking. For example:

Jesus was walking in the temple area, in Solomon’s Portico (English Standard Version)
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Jesus was walking on Solomon’s porch in the temple courtyard (God’s Word)

in Solomon’s Colonnade: Solomon’s Colonnade was a covered area or porch on the east side of the temple. A Colonnade is a porch, a roof supported by pillars or poles often attached to a house or building. See how you translated the plural “colonnades” in 5:2. This Colonnade was named after the king of Israel who built the temple almost a thousand years before. Here are other ways to translate this phrase:

in Solomon’s Porch (New Century Version)
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in the area called Solomon’s Shelter

General Comment on 10:22–23

In some languages it may be natural to reorder some of the information and mention Jesus earlier. For example:

22 That winter, Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Temple Festival. 23 One day he was walking in that part of the temple known as Solomon’s Porch… (Contemporary English Version)

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