Löydetty 1243 Tulokset: Life After Death
With his last breath he exclaimed, 'Cruel brute, you may discharge us from this present life, but the King of the world will raise us up, since we die for his laws, to live again for ever.' (2 Maccabees 7, 9)
When he neared his end he cried, 'Ours is the better choice, to meet death at men's hands, yet relying on God's promise that we shall be raised up by him; whereas for you there can be no resurrection to new life.' (2 Maccabees 7, 14)
But the mother was especially admirable and worthy of honourable remembrance, for she watched the death of seven sons in the course of a single day, and bravely endured it because of her hopes in the Lord. (2 Maccabees 7, 20)
'I do not know how you appeared in my womb; it was not I who endowed you with breath and life, I had not the shaping of your every part. (2 Maccabees 7, 22)
And hence, the Creator of the world, who made everyone and ordained the origin of all things, will in his mercy give you back breath and life, since for the sake of his laws you have no concern for yourselves.' (2 Maccabees 7, 23)
The young man took no notice at all, and so the king then appealed to the mother, urging her to advise the youth to save his life. (2 Maccabees 7, 25)
Do not fear this executioner, but prove yourself worthy of your brothers and accept death, so that I may receive you back with them in the day of mercy.' (2 Maccabees 7, 29)
Our brothers, having endured brief pain, for the sake of ever-flowing life have died for the covenant of God, while you, by God's judgement, will have to pay the just penalty for your arrogance. (2 Maccabees 7, 36)
I too, like my brothers, surrender my body and life for the laws of my ancestors, begging God quickly to take pity on our nation, and by trials and afflictions to bring you to confess that he alone is God, (2 Maccabees 7, 37)
keeping before their eyes the outrage committed by them against the holy place and the infamous and scornful treatment inflicted on the city, not to mention the destruction of their traditional way of life. (2 Maccabees 8, 17)
And so this murderer and blasphemer, having endured sufferings as terrible as those which he had made others endure, met his pitiable fate, and ended his life in the mountains far from his home. (2 Maccabees 9, 28)
Such were the circumstances attending the death of Antiochus styled Epiphanes. (2 Maccabees 10, 9)
