Quotes about Festival
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
— John 11:55
Once at Golgotha where he would be crucified, the people continued their festival of shame, not knowing that their attempts to heap shame on the Creator God were the most disgraceful acts in human history.
— Edward Welch
The whole congregation of Israel must celebrate it.
— Exodus 12:47
Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
— 2 Chronicles 35:1
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
— John 10:22
You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.
— Deuteronomy 16:9
And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.
— Judges 9:27
In the house of God there is never ending festival; the angel choir makes eternal holiday; the presence of God's face gives joy that never fails.
— St. Augustine
No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.
— Deuteronomy 16:4
However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
— John 7:2
Come ye thankful people, come, Raise the song of Harvest-home!
— Henry Ford
And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
— Nehemiah 8:16