Trouvé 188 Résultats pour: Judas Maccabeus
Stirred up by the villain's calumnies, the king became enraged. He wrote to Nicanor, stating that he was displeased with the treaty, and ordering him to send Maccabeus as a prisoner to Antioch without delay. (2 Maccabees 14, 27)
But Maccabeus noticed that Nicanor was becoming cool in his dealings with him, and acting with unaccustomed rudeness when they met; he concluded that this coldness betokened no good. So he gathered together a large number of his men, and went into hiding from Nicanor. (2 Maccabees 14, 30)
When Nicanor realized that he had been disgracefully outwitted by the man, he went to the great and holy temple, at a time when the priests were offering the customary sacrifices, and ordered them to surrender Judas. (2 Maccabees 14, 31)
he raised his right hand toward the temple and swore this oath: "If you do not hand Judas over to me as prisoner, I will level this shrine of God to the ground; I will tear down the altar, and erect here a splendid temple to Dionysus." (2 Maccabees 14, 33)
When Nicanor learned that Judas and his companions were in the territory of Samaria, he decided to attack them in all safety on the day of rest. (2 Maccabees 15, 1)
In his utter boastfulness and arrogance Nicanor had determined to erect a public monument of victory over Judas and his men. (2 Maccabees 15, 6)
But Maccabeus remained confident, fully convinced that he would receive help from the LORD. (2 Maccabees 15, 7)
Stretching out his right hand, Jeremiah presented a gold sword to Judas. As he gave it to him he said, (2 Maccabees 15, 15)
Encouraged by Judas' noble words, which had power to instill valor and stir young hearts to courage, the Jews determined not to delay, but to charge gallantly and decide the issue by hand-to-hand combat with the utmost courage, since their city and its temple with the sacred vessels were in danger. (2 Maccabees 15, 17)
Maccabeus, contemplating the hosts before him, their elaborate equipment, and the fierceness of their elephants, stretched out his hands toward heaven and called upon the LORD who works miracles; for he knew that it is not through arms but through the LORD'S decision that victory is won by those who deserve it. (2 Maccabees 15, 21)
But Judas and his men met the army with supplication and prayers. (2 Maccabees 15, 26)
Then Judas, who was ever in body and soul the chief defender of his fellow citizens, and had maintained from youth his affection for his countrymen, ordered Nicanor's head and whole right arm to be cut off and taken to Jerusalem. (2 Maccabees 15, 30)