Talált 2522 Eredmények: King Of Kings
And it happened also that seven brothers, united with their mother, were apprehended and compelled by the king to eat the flesh of swine against divine law, being tormented with scourges and whips. (2 Maccabees 7, 1)
And so the king, being angry, ordered frying pans and bronze caldrons to be heated. When these were presently heated, (2 Maccabees 7, 3)
And when he had reached his last breath, he spoke in this way: “You, indeed, O most wicked man, are destroying us in this present life. But the King of the world will raise us up, in eternal life at the resurrection, for we die on behalf of his laws.” (2 Maccabees 7, 9)
So then, the king and those who were with him, wondered at the soul of this youth, because he considered the torments as if they were nothing. (2 Maccabees 7, 12)
But, when the youth was not swayed by these things, the king called the mother and persuaded her to act toward the youth to save him. (2 Maccabees 7, 25)
While she was still saying these things, the youth said: “What are you waiting for? I will not obey the precepts of the king, but the precepts of the law, which was given to us through Moses. (2 Maccabees 7, 30)
Then the king, burning with anger, raged against this one with cruelty beyond all the rest, bearing it indignantly that he himself was derided. (2 Maccabees 7, 39)
Then Philip, seeing that the man gained ground little by little, and that things frequently fell out in his favor, wrote to Ptolemy, governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, to send auxiliaries to carry out the work of the king. (2 Maccabees 8, 8)
Moreover, Nicanor decided to raise a tribute for the king of two thousand talents, which was to be given to the Romans, and which would be supplied by means of the captivity of the Jews. (2 Maccabees 8, 10)
“To the very good citizens of the Jews, Antiochus, king and ruler, wishes much health, and welfare, and happiness. (2 Maccabees 9, 19)
In addition to these things, considering that whichever are the nearest powers and neighbors lie in ambush for the right time and await the right event, I have designated my son, Antiochus, as king, whom I frequently commended to many of you while traveling in the upper provinces. And I have written to him what I have added below. (2 Maccabees 9, 25)
But a short time afterwards, Lysias, the procurator of the king and a near relative, who also was in charge of the government, was heavily weighed upon by what had happened. (2 Maccabees 11, 1)
