Talált 1851 Eredmények: Vin
Ptolemy wrote a report of the affair and sent it to the king, in the expectation of being sent reinforcements and of having the cities and the province made over to him. (1 Maccabees 16, 18)
'To their brothers, the Jews living in Egypt, from their brothers, the Jews in Jerusalem and Judaea, greetings and untroubled peace. (2 Maccabees 1, 1)
and how, having given them the Law, the prophet warned the deportees never to forget the Lord's precepts, nor to let their thoughts be tempted by the sight of gold and silver statues or the finery adorning them. (2 Maccabees 2, 2)
we have aimed at providing diversion for those who merely want something to read, a saving of labour for those who enjoy committing things to memory, and profit for each and all. (2 Maccabees 2, 25)
leaving accuracy of detail to the historian, and concentrating our effort on tracing the outlines in this condensed version. (2 Maccabees 2, 28)
While Heliodorus lay prostrate under the divine visitation, speechless and bereft of all hope of deliverance, (2 Maccabees 3, 29)
'If you have some enemy or anyone disloyal to the state, send him there, and you will get him back well flogged, if he survives at all, since some peculiarly divine power attaches to the holy place. (2 Maccabees 3, 38)
went to see the king, not to play the accuser of his fellow-citizens, but having the public and private welfare of the entire people at heart. (2 Maccabees 4, 5)
that the priests ceased to show any interest in serving the altar; but, scorning the Temple and neglecting the sacrifices, they would hurry, on the stroke of the gong, to take part in the distribution, forbidden by the Law, of the oil on the exercise ground; (2 Maccabees 4, 14)
It is no small thing to violate the divine laws, as the period that followed will demonstrate. (2 Maccabees 4, 17)
Apollonius son of Menestheus had been sent to Egypt to attend the wedding of King Philometor. Antiochus, having learnt that the latter had become hostile to his affairs, began thinking about his own safety: that was why he had come to Joppa. He then moved to Jerusalem, (2 Maccabees 4, 21)
Menelaus leaving his brother Lysimachus as deputy high priest, while Sostratus left Crates, the commander of the Cypriots, to act for him. (2 Maccabees 4, 29)
