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2 Maccabees 15:4-6
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 15:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 When the Jews declared, “The living Lord himself, the ruler in heaven, ordered us to keep holy the seventh day,” 5 he replied, “And I am a sovereign on earth, and I command you to take up arms and carry out the king’s business.” Nevertheless, he did not succeed in carrying out his wicked plan.
Judas’s Humble Trust Is Contrasted with Nicanor’s Haughty Certainty.[a] 6 Nicanor, in his utter boastfulness and arrogance, had planned to erect a public monument of victory over Judas and his men.
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- 2 Maccabees 15:6 Judas expects little from armaments and everything from God; he also knows that he can rely on the prayer of the saints like the former high priest Onias III (see 2 Mac 3:1-40) and the prophet Jeremiah, who was regarded by the post-Exilic Jews as one of the greatest figures in their history (see 2 Mac 2:1; Mt 16:14). This concept is something new in the Old Testament—a clear belief in the intercession of the saints.
