Znaleziono 4314 Wyniki dla: God
Still others sold everything they owned and asked God to deliver from the impious Nicanor those who had been sold even before any battle. (2 Maccabees 8, 14)
He said to them, "They come with confidence in their weapons and their boldness, but we trust in the almighty God, who is able to wipe out in one stroke all who invade our land and even the whole world." (2 Maccabees 8, 18)
He recounted to them all the occasions when God had come to help their fathers, especially when he wiped out one hundred and eighty-five thousand men under Sennacherib. (2 Maccabees 8, 19)
He ordered that the Sacred Book be read, and he gave them their watchword "Help from God"; then, he himself led the first battalion, and fell on Nicanor. (2 Maccabees 8, 23)
They gathered the weapons and the plunder of their enemies, and celebrated the sabbath on that day with praise and thanksgiving to God who had just saved them and had begun to show them his mercy. (2 Maccabees 8, 27)
found himself humbled with God's help by those same men he had despised before. Having discarded his splendid robe he fled across the country as a fugitive, and reached Antioch, very much relieved that he had not perished with his army. (2 Maccabees 8, 35)
He was infuriated and determined to take revenge on the Jews for the offense he had just received in Persepolis when they forced him to flee. He ordered the chariot driver to hurry up and not to stop until the journey's end. But the judgment of God was coming upon him, for he said in his pride, "As soon as I arrive in Jerusalem, I shall turn it into a cemetery of the Jews." (2 Maccabees 9, 4)
Then the Lord who sees all, the God of Israel, punished him with an incurable sickness of an internal nature. (2 Maccabees 9, 5)
Not long before, in his conceit and sense of superiority he thought of giving orders to the sea and measuring the heights of the mountains. Now he lay down and had to be brought on a stretcher, giving to all a clear testimony of the power of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 8)
Only when he was beaten by the divine scourge did he begin to shed his arrogance. His pains grew worse, and he realized this was the punishment of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 11)
He himself could no longer endure his stench. He said, "It is right to submit to God. Mortal man should not try to be equal with him." (2 Maccabees 9, 12)
And he promised to become a Jew and to proclaim in all the inhabited countries the power of God. (2 Maccabees 9, 17)
