Löydetty 822 Tulokset: Tree Of Life
They therefore decided in favor of Alexander, for he had been the first to address them peaceably, and they remained his allies for the rest of his life. (1 Maccabees 10, 47)
which, at the same time, they set on fire and plundered on a large scale. Thus they saved the king's life. (1 Maccabees 11, 48)
Far be it from me, then, to save my own life in any time of distress, for I am not better than my brothers. (1 Maccabees 13, 5)
Every man sat under his vine and his fig tree, with no one to disturb him. (1 Maccabees 14, 12)
Soon some of the companions of Heliodorus begged Onias to invoke the Most High, praying that the life of the man who was about to expire might be spared. (2 Maccabees 3, 31)
While the high priest was offering the sacrifice of atonement, the same young men in the same clothing again appeared and stood before Heliodorus. "Be very grateful to the high priest Onias," they told him. "It is for his sake that the Lord has spared your life. (2 Maccabees 3, 33)
After Heliodorus had offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made most solemn vows to him who had spared his life, he bade Onias farewell, and returned with his soldiers to the king. (2 Maccabees 3, 35)
When Jason received the king's approval and came into office, he immediately initiated his countrymen into the Greek way of life. (2 Maccabees 4, 10)
Precisely because of this, they found themselves in serious trouble: the very people whose manner of life they emulated, and whom they desired to imitate in everything, became their enemies and oppressors. (2 Maccabees 4, 16)
But preferring a glorious death to a life of defilement, he spat out the meat, and went forward of his own accord to the instrument of torture, (2 Maccabees 6, 19)
as men ought to do who have the courage to reject the food which it is unlawful to taste even for love of life. (2 Maccabees 6, 20)
But he made up his mind in a noble manner, worthy of his years, the dignity of his advanced age, the merited distinction of his gray hair, and of the admirable life he had lived from childhood; and so he declared that above all he would be loyal to the holy laws given by God. He told them to send him at once to the abode of the dead, explaining: (2 Maccabees 6, 23)
