In this fourth manifestation, Jesus reveals Himself as the great teacher of Israel. The setting for this encounter, the Temple, is most fitting, and vv. 1–11 provide a background or timeframe of preparation for the time when Jesus will appear in the Temple. The time of year was the Feast of Tabernacles, also referred to as the Feast of Booths. Originally a harvest festival, it had become associated with the deliverance of the