1 tn Grk “answered and said to them.”
2 tn The imperative here is really more than a simple conditional imperative (= “if you destroy”); its semantic force here is more like the ironical imperative found in the prophets (Amos 4:4, Isa 8:9) = “Go ahead and do this and see what happens.”
3 sn It was winter. The feast began on 25 Kislev, in November-December of the modern Gregorian calendar.
4 tn Grk “in the temple.”
5 tn Or “portico,” “colonnade”; Grk “stoa.”
sn Solomon’s Portico was a covered walkway formed by rows of columns supporting a roof and open on the inner side facing the center of the temple complex.
