Talált 5292 Eredmények: Eve
it was the eve of the Sabbath, and for that reason they did not prolong their pursuit. (2 Maccabees 8, 26)
They collected the enemy's weapons and stripped them of their spoils, and because of the Sabbath even more heartily blessed and praised the Lord, who had saved them and who had chosen that day for the first manifestation of his compassion. (2 Maccabees 8, 27)
They also challenged the forces of Timotheus and Bacchides and destroyed over twenty thousand of them, gaining possession of several high fortresses. They divided their enormous booty into two equal shares, one for themselves, the other for the victims of the persecution and the orphans and widows, not forgetting the aged. (2 Maccabees 8, 30)
Even so, he in no way diminished his arrogance; still bursting with pride, breathing fire in his wrath against the Jews, he was in the act of ordering an even keener pace when the chariot gave a sudden lurch and out he fell and, in this serious fall, was dragged along, every joint of his body wrenched out of place. (2 Maccabees 9, 7)
His stench being unbearable even to himself, he exclaimed, 'It is right to submit to God; no mortal should aspire to equality with the Godhead.' (2 Maccabees 9, 12)
The wretch began to pray to the Master, who would never take pity on him now, declaring (2 Maccabees 9, 13)
as for the Jews, whom he had considered as not even worth burying, so much carrion to be thrown out with their children for birds and beasts to prey on, he would give them all equal rights with the Athenians; (2 Maccabees 9, 15)
the holy Temple which he had once plundered he would now adorn with the finest offerings; he would restore all the sacred vessels many times over; he would defray from his personal revenue the expenses incurred for the sacrifices; (2 Maccabees 9, 16)
and, to crown all, he would himself turn Jew and visit every inhabited place, proclaiming the power of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 17)
but considering how my father, whenever he was making an expedition into the uplands, would designate his successor (2 Maccabees 9, 23)
so that, in case of any unforeseen event or disquieting rumour, the people of the provinces might know to whom he had left the conduct of affairs, and thus remain undisturbed; (2 Maccabees 9, 24)
When they had done this, prostrating themselves on the ground, they implored the Lord never again to let them fall into such adversity, but if they should ever sin, to correct them with moderation and not to deliver them over to blasphemous and barbarous nations. (2 Maccabees 10, 4)
