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2 Maccabees 4:11-13
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 4:11-13
New Catholic Bible
11 He set aside the royal concessions that had been granted to the Jews through the efforts of John—the father of that Eupolemus who later was sent on an embassy to negotiate a treaty of friendship and alliance with the Romans—and, abolishing the institutions founded on the law, he introduced customs that ran contrary to it.[a] 12 He quickly established a gymnasium[b] at the very foot of the citadel itself, and he convinced the most noble of the young men to wear the Greek hat.
13 As a result of the introduction of foreign customs, the craze for Hellenism became so intense because of the unrestricted wickedness of the ungodly bogus high priest[c] Jason
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- 2 Maccabees 4:11 Antiochus III had granted the Jews the right to govern themselves according to the law of Moses. Concerning Eupolemus’s mission to Rome, see 1 Mac 8:17.
- 2 Maccabees 4:12 The gymnasium where the youth exercised in the nude was located in the Tyropoeon Valley to the east of the citadel—right next to the eastern side of the temple.
- 2 Maccabees 4:13 Jason is called a bogus high priest because he obtained the high priesthood by bribery and did not keep the Mosaic Law.
