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What Does “Portico” Mean in the Bible?

A covered walkway with columns. In the Temple there was the Portico of Solomon.

Where it appears in the Bible

John 10:23; Acts 3:11

What the Bible says

John 10:23

And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.

Acts 3:11

And as he held Peter and John, all the people ran to them to the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: Dictionary.com, “portico”

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