John notes that Jesus went up to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles, though initially in secret (John 7:2, 10). This joyful seven-day festival in the month of Tishri (September-October) celebrated harvest and remembered Israel's tent-dwelling during the Exodus. Families built temporary shelters (sukkot) and held ceremonies involving water and light—symbols Jesus would appropriate for himself ('rivers of living water,' 7:38; 'light of the world,' 8:12). The feast's themes of divine provision and presence become Christological claims as Jesus reveals himself in Jerusalem's courts.