Löydetty 844 Tulokset: Holy Book
all this, which has been set forth by Jason of Cyrene in five volumes, we shall attempt to condense into a single book. (2 Maccabees 2, 23)
While the holy city was inhabited in unbroken peace and the laws were very well observed because of the piety of the high priest Onias and his hatred of wickedness, (2 Maccabees 3, 1)
People also hurried out of their houses in crowds to make a general supplication because the holy place was about to be brought into contempt. (2 Maccabees 3, 18)
And so those who had spoken for the city and the villages and the holy vessels quickly suffered the unjust penalty. (2 Maccabees 4, 48)
Not content with this, Antiochus dared to enter the most holy temple in all the world, guided by Menelaus, who had become a traitor both to the laws and to his country. (2 Maccabees 5, 15)
He took the holy vessels with his polluted hands, and swept away with profane hands the votive offerings which other kings had made to enhance the glory and honor of the place. (2 Maccabees 5, 16)
Antiochus was elated in spirit, and did not perceive that the Lord was angered for a little while because of the sins of those who dwelt in the city, and that therefore he was disregarding the holy place. (2 Maccabees 5, 17)
But the Lord did not choose the nation for the sake of the holy place, but the place for the sake of the nation. (2 Maccabees 5, 19)
When this man arrived in Jerusalem, he pretended to be peaceably disposed and waited until the holy sabbath day; then, finding the Jews not at work, he ordered his men to parade under arms. (2 Maccabees 5, 25)
Others who had assembled in the caves near by, to observe the seventh day secretly, were betrayed to Philip and were all burned together, because their piety kept them from defending themselves, in view of their regard for that most holy day. (2 Maccabees 6, 11)
Now I urge those who read this book not to be depressed by such calamities, but to recognize that these punishments were designed not to destroy but to discipline our people. (2 Maccabees 6, 12)
But making a high resolve, worthy of his years and the dignity of his old age and the gray hairs which he had reached with distinction and his excellent life even from childhood, and moreover according to the holy God-given law, he declared himself quickly, telling them to send him to Hades. (2 Maccabees 6, 23)
