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1 Maccabees 15:15-17
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 15:15-17
New Catholic Bible
15 Rome Issues an Edict in Favor of the Jews. In the meantime, Numenius and his companions arrived from Rome with letters such as this addressed to the various kings and nations:
16 [a]“Lucius, the consul of the Romans, sends greetings to King Ptolemy. 17 Envoys from the Jews, our friends and allies, have come to us to renew our original treaty of friendship and alliance. They were sent by Simon the high priest and the Jewish people,
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- 1 Maccabees 15:16 This letter brings the reader back (1 Mac 14:24). The circular is concerned with all the countries where there is a large Jewish community. This indicates that at the middle of the second century B.C. there were many Jews residing outside Palestine. Lucius: perhaps Lucius Caecilius Metellus, consul in 142 B.C. or Lucius Calpurnius Piso, consul in 140–139 B.C. Ptolemy VII Physcon reigned 145–116 B.C.
