FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!
Fun Trivia
Home: Questions and Answers Forum
Answers to 100,000 Fascinating Questions
Welcome to FunTrivia's Question & Answer forum!

Search All Questions


Please cite any factual claims with citation links or references from authoritative sources. Editors continuously recheck submissions and claims.

Archived Questions

Goto Qn #


Did Jesus observe Purim or Hanukkah?

Question #103715. Asked by david1975.
Last updated Jun 11 2021.

Related Trivia Topics: The Bible  
avatar
star_gazer star
Answer has 3 votes
star_gazer star
23 year member
5236 replies avatar

Answer has 3 votes.
All though the Gospels do not mention Christ observing those specific Jewish feasts, it is a safe assumption that he did whatever was expected of an observant Jew in his community during his time.

Jesus made his attitude toward the Law crystal clear in Matthew 5:17-18,

Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

link https://archive.gci.org/articles/jesus-the-sabbath-and-old-testament-festivals/

Response last updated by satguru on Jun 02 2021.
Mar 10 2009, 5:20 PM
avatar
zbeckabee star
Answer has 4 votes
zbeckabee star
Moderator
19 year member
11752 replies avatar

Answer has 4 votes.
Here's some more reading on the subject:

link https://www.lifeandland.org/2008/12/jesus-celebrated-purim/

Response last updated by CmdrK on Jun 11 2021.
Mar 10 2009, 6:17 PM
queproblema
Answer has 5 votes
Currently Best Answer
queproblema
19 year member
2119 replies

Answer has 5 votes.

Currently voted the best answer.
Not sure how reliable this may be--

"Did Jesus celebrate Purim? It is written in John chapter 5 that he was in Jerusalem for an unnamed feast, but scholars have questioned which feast this was. Some have rejected the idea that this is Purim because it is considered a "minor" feast and not one of the 'shelosh regalim' (three pilgrimiage festivals). However, we know that Jesus celebrated Chanukah (John 10:22)..."

link http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Winter_Holidays/Purim/purim.html

"Now Hanukkah was taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter," Jn. 10:22, ISV

"And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter." John 10:22-30 (King James Version)

"Then came the Feast of Dedication[a] at Jerusalem."
a. John 10:22 That is, Hanukkah
link http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2010:22-30&version=31;

Mar 10 2009, 6:56 PM
Arpeggionist star
Answer has 3 votes
Arpeggionist star
21 year member
2173 replies

Answer has 3 votes.
Purim is not a holiday that a Jew would go to Jerusalem to celebrate. There are no special sacrifices associated with it, and the main customs observed by Jews since Purim was established as a holiday were the reading of the book of Esther and feasting (though to what degree is a matter of dispute even as late as Talmudic times, centuries after Jesus' death). Still, by the time Jesus was active, Purim was an established holiday among the Jewish people.

Mar 10 2009, 9:04 PM
free email trivia FREE! Get a new mixed Fun Trivia quiz each day in your email. It's a fun way to start your day!


arrow Your Email Address:

Sign in or Create Free User ID to participate in the discussion

Related FunTrivia Quizzes

play quiz Purim and Esther
(Purim)
play quiz Observe "The Mummy"
(The Mummy - 1999 .)
play quiz Tales of the First Hanukkah
( Ancient History)

Return to FunTrivia
"Ask FunTrivia" strives to offer the best answers possible to trivia questions. We ask our submitters to thoroughly research questions and provide sources where possible. Feel free to post corrections or additions. This is server B184.