Fondare 52 Risultati per: Friendship
Judas had heard tell of the Romans, and their renown. Here was a powerful nation, that would entertain overtures none the less from such as craved their friendship, plighting their word faithfully. A powerful nation indeed; (1 Maccabees 8, 1)
Why, said he, this man has not his match anywhere; time it is we should court his friendship and alliance. (1 Maccabees 10, 16)
We have heard tell of thee, a man so valiant, and so well worthy of our friendship; (1 Maccabees 10, 19)
in token whereof, we appoint thee high priest of thy own race henceforward, and to have the title of the King’s Friend. With that, he sent him a purple robe and a gold crown; Take ever our part, said he, and hold fast the bond of friendship. (1 Maccabees 10, 20)
And should we not be upon terms of friendship, thou and I? Let me have thy daughter to wife; a niggardly wooer thou shalt not find me, nor she either. (1 Maccabees 10, 54)
To Rome, then, his messengers went, gained audience of the senate, and told how the high priest Jonathan and the Jewish people had sent them to renew their old treaty of friendship; (1 Maccabees 12, 3)
For ourselves, we have little need of such friendship; seek we comfort, it is in the sacred books committed to our charge. (1 Maccabees 12, 9)
delegates of ours, Numenius son of Antiochus and Antipater son of Jason, are on their way to Rome, friendship and alliance of former days to confirm afresh; (1 Maccabees 12, 16)
they wrote to him on tablets made of bronze, to renew the treaty of friendship they had with his brethren, Judas and Jonathan, before him;✻ (1 Maccabees 14, 18)
And their errand stands recorded in our public annals; how Numenius son of Antiochus and Antipater son of Jason came on the Jews’ part to renew our old treaty of friendship with you; (1 Maccabees 14, 22)
What did Menelaus? He gained the ear of Andronicus and demanded that Onias should pay for it with his life. So the viceroy himself paid Onias a visit, swore friendship and overcame his suspicions; then, when he had left sanctuary, without scruple of conscience put him to death. (2 Maccabees 4, 34)
This Apollonius, when he reached Jerusalem, was all professions of friendship, and nothing did until the sabbath came round, when the Jews kept holiday. Then he put his men under arms, (2 Maccabees 5, 25)
