John 10:23

“And Jesus walked in the temple, etc.] To keep himself warm, and to secure him the better from the inclemency of the weather: in Solomon’s porch; which was covered over, and the outside of it was enclosed with a wall, which made it very convenient for such a purpose: this was on the outside of the temple eastward, and was a very magnificent structure: the account Josephus f472 gives of it is this; “there was a porch without the temple, overlooking a deep valley, supported by walls of four hundred cubits, made of four square stone, very white; the length of each stone was twenty cubits, and the breadth six; the work of king Solomon, who first founded the whole temple.” Now, though this was not…”

“Jesus walked . . . in Solomon's porch--for shelter. This portico was on the east side of the temple, and JOSEPHUS says it was part of the original structure of Solomon [Antiquities, 20.9.7].”

“Solomon’s porch - The porch or covered way on the east of the temple. See the notes at Matthew 21:12. return to 'Top of Page'”

“In Solomon's portico - Josephus informs us, that when Solomon built the temple, he filled up a part of the adjacent valley, and built a portico over it toward the east. This was a noble structure, supported by a wall four hundred cubits high: and continued even to the time of Albinus and Agrippa, which was several years after the death of Christ. John 10:26”

“10:23 Massive covered colonnades surrounded the four sides of the central courtyard of the Temple. Solomon’s Colonnade, on the east, provided shelter from winter weather.”

“in Solomon's: Act 3:11, Act 5:12 John 10:24”