Talált 4249 Eredmények: Red

• and gathered together about eighty thousand men and his entire cavalry. They advanced against the Jews intending to make the city of Jerusalem a Greek colony and (2 Maccabees 11, 2)

• He entered Judea, came near Beth-zur, a strong city some kilometers away from Jerusalem, and besieged it. (2 Maccabees 11, 5)

• While they were still near Jerusalem, a horseman dressed in white with golden armor appeared and stood at the head of them. (2 Maccabees 11, 8)

• So with one voice, everyone blessed the merciful God. They were strengthened and prepared not only to face men in battle but even the most savage beasts and walls of iron. (2 Maccabees 11, 9)

• They charged like lions against the enemy, brought down eleven thousand infantrymen and one thousand six hundred horsemen, and forced the rest to flee. (2 Maccabees 11, 11)

• Lysias, being an intelligent man, reflected on the defeat he had suffered and understood that the Hebrews were invincible because the powerful God fought for them. (2 Maccabees 11, 13)

• John and Absalom, your envoys, have delivered to us your written petitions, asking us to respond. (2 Maccabees 11, 17)

• May everything go well with you. In the year one hundred and forty-eight, the twenty-fourth day of the month of the Corinthian God." (2 Maccabees 11, 21)

• and since it is our desire that this nation live in peace, we have decreed that the Temple be restored to them and that they be allowed to live according to the laws and customs of their ancestors. (2 Maccabees 11, 25)

• You will do well, therefore, to send envoys to conclude a treaty of peace with them. May they come to know our constant aim, so they may be reassured and dedicate themselves with joy to their own occupations." (2 Maccabees 11, 26)

• I have ordered Menelaus to reassure you of all this. (2 Maccabees 11, 32)

• I wish you good health. In the year one hundred and forty-eight, the fifteenth day of the month of Xanthicus." (2 Maccabees 11, 33)