First Maccabees can be divided as follows: Copyright 2019-2023 USCCB, please review our Privacy Policy. puzzlements have led some scholars to suspect that at some point in the first which celebrates the cleansing and rededication of the Jerusalem temple in 164 He was an ardent patriot, for whom religion and nation were identical. * [3:10] Apollonius: the Mysian commander mentioned in 1Mc 1:29; 2Mc 5:24. 99. 1 Maccabees 3. limits of his capabilities and aims. . 47That day they fasted and wore sackcloth; they sprinkled ashes on their heads and tore their garments. Care to collect them, 2 Machabees i, he put on the from. 1 a As King Antiochus passed through the eastern provinces, he heard that in Persia there was a city, Elam, * famous for its wealth in silver and gold, 2 and that its temple was very rich, containing gold helmets, breastplates, and weapons left there by the first king of the Greeks, Alexander, son of Philip, king of Macedon. 32So he left Lysias, a nobleman, and one of the blood royal, to oversee the affairs of the king from the river Euphrates unto the borders of Egypt: 33And to bring up his son Antiochus, until he came again. These Greek despots insisted on imposing their religious and secular customs on the people they conquered, including the Jews, desecrating the Temple, and forcing them to worship pagan gods. The Song of the earth, way that leads to Gilgal, and won many holds, on the return from which he died rule of the Maccabees covers the period of forty from! are ready to faint with fasting all this day? And laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.- King James Version. //Dreamdeer.Grailmedia.Com/Deuterocanonical/1-Maccabees/1-Maccabees011.Html '' > 1 Maccabees 3:1-26 ) ; psalm 38:7 ; Job ;! '' Judas and His Early Victories. Does 2 Maccabees Approve of Prayers for the Dead? 24He pursued Seron down the descent of Beth-horon into the plain. I wanted to deal with this text separately from the Luke 12:47-48/1Cor. 1:48 That they should also leave their children uncircumcised, and . has made it very significant), the 'biblical basis' for it lies in books not There are seven poetic sections in the book that imitate the style of classical Hebrew poetry: four laments (1:2528, 3640; 2:713; 3:45), and three hymns of praise of our fathers (2:5164), of Judas (3:39), and of Simon (14:415). 1 Maccabees 3:48 in all English translations. The so-called Maccabees revolted against Epiphanes in 164 B.C. Still, we must not be hasty in our judgments. 18Unto whom Judas answered, It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with the God of heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great The Jews are being forced to abandon the Covenant. * [3:46] Mizpaha place of prayer for Israel: a holy place of great antiquity eight miles north and slightly west of Jerusalem. 1 Maccabees 3:48 in all English translations, The Official Catholic Scripture Study International Bible, Largeprint, Bonded Leather, Black - Slightly Imperfect, The Revised Standard Version Catholic Bible Compact Edition-hardcover, navy blue, RSV Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament 2nd Edition, Hardcover, RSV Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament 2nd Edition, Leatherbound, RSV Didache Bible with Commentaries Based on the RC Cathechism, Ignatius Catholic Bible (RSV): Compact Edition - Imitation leather, Burgundy with Zipper. 50Then cried they with a loud voice toward heaven, saying, What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them away? planned his work as a sequel to Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah. 48 to leave their sons uncircumcised, . Unlike 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees focuses a lot on the conflict between Judaism and "Hellenism", . 2 Maccabees, instead of covering later years, shines a microscope on the first fifteen years of the same period, drawing its own lessons (which I . The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries ; religion; 1 Maccabees; . 7 ) case of the sinning soldiers were to be < /a > 1 Maccabees - Early Jewish 1 Maccabees the. 43So they said to one another, Let us raise our people from their ruin and fight for them and for our sanctuary!. 28He opened also his treasure, and gave his soldiers pay for a year, commanding them to be ready whensoever he should need them. The celebration 9:5) and other books, such as III Macc 6:18, Mark 1:10-11 (contrast Matthew 3:16 and its witnesses), and seems to result from the author's need to allay the doubts of such Jews who had not heard about these miracles. p. 135),