Odintsovo Emprender el Camino de Santiago desde Moscú permite descubrir lugares llenos de historia. En este recorrido, Odintsovo aparece como el segundo lugar de nuestro camino, una localidad del óblast de Moscú situada al oeste de la capital y con un pasado profundamente ligado a la Rusia medieval. Fundada a finales del siglo XIV, Odintsovo… Continue reading ODINTSOVO – RUSIA
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MOSCÚ
Camino de Santiago desde Moscú: un viaje que une dos mundos Comenzar el Camino de Santiago desde Moscú significa iniciar una travesía que arranca en una de las ciudades más fascinantes y monumentales del planeta. Moscú, capital de Rusia y su entidad federal más poblada, es una megaciudad donde convergen la política, la economía, la… Continue reading MOSCÚ
2 Maccabees – Chapter 6
The Bible – Old Testament 2 Maccabees Index Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Chapter 6 1 Not long after this the king sent an Athenian senator to force the Jews to abandon the customs of their ancestors and live no longer by the laws of God; 2 1 also to profane the temple in… Continue reading 2 Maccabees – Chapter 6
SAINT JEAN D´ANGELY – FRANCIA
Saint-Jean-d’Angély Saint-Jean-d’Angély, ubicado en el departamento de Charente-Maritimo, es un destino singular en el sur de Francia que ha adquirido gran importancia para los peregrinos en su camino hacia Santiago de Compostela. En el corazón del pueblo se erige la majestuosa Abadía Real de Saint-Jean-Baptiste, un imponente edificio medieval que alberga un valioso patrimonio artístico y… Continue reading SAINT JEAN D´ANGELY – FRANCIA
SAINT JEAN D´ANGELY – FRANCIA
Saint-Jean-d’Angély Saint-Jean-d’Angély, ubicado en el departamento de Charente-Maritimo, es un destino singular en el sur de Francia que ha adquirido gran importancia para los peregrinos en su camino hacia Santiago de Compostela. En el corazón del pueblo se erige la majestuosa Abadía Real de Saint-Jean-Baptiste, un imponente edificio medieval que alberga un valioso patrimonio artístico y… Continue reading SAINT JEAN D´ANGELY – FRANCIA
The Bible – New Testament
Saint Luke
Index
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14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
Capítulo 18
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1 Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said,
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“There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being.
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And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’
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For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being,
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2 because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.'”
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The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says.
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Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them?
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I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
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He then addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else.
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“Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
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The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity – greedy, dishonest, adulterous – or even like this tax collector.
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I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’
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But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’
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I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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3 4 People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them, and when the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.
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Jesus, however, called the children to himself and said, “Let the children come to me and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
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Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.”
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An official asked him this question, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
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Jesus answered him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
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You know the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother.'”
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And he replied, “All of these I have observed from my youth.”
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5 When Jesus heard this he said to him, “There is still one thing left for you: sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have a treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
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But when he heard this he became quite sad, for he was very rich.
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Jesus looked at him (now sad) and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
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For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
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Those who heard this said, “Then who can be saved?”
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And he said, “What is impossible for human beings is possible for God.”
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Then Peter said, “We have given up our possessions and followed you.”
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He said to them, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
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who will not receive (back) an overabundant return in this present age and eternal life in the age to come.”
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6 7 Then he took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem and everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
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He will be handed over to the Gentiles and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon;
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and after they have scourged him they will kill him, but on the third day he will rise.”
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But they understood nothing of this; the word remained hidden from them and they failed to comprehend what he said.
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Now as he approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging,
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and hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what was happening.
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They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
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He shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, 8 have pity on me!”
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The people walking in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent, but he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me!”
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Then Jesus stopped and ordered that he be brought to him; and when he came near, Jesus asked him,
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“What do you want me to do for you?” He replied, “Lord, please let me see.”
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Jesus told him, “Have sight; your faith has saved you.”
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He immediately received his sight and followed him, giving glory to God. When they saw this, all the people gave praise to God.
1 [1-14] The particularly Lucan material in the travel narrative concludes with two parables on prayer. The first (⇒ Luke 18:1-8) teaches the disciples the need of persistent prayer so that they not fall victims to apostasy (⇒ Luke 18:8). The second (⇒ Luke 18:9-14) condemns the self-righteous, critical attitude of the Pharisee and teaches that the fundamental attitude of the Christian disciple must be the recognition of sinfulness and complete dependence on God’s graciousness. The second parable recalls the story of the pardoning of the sinful woman (⇒ Luke 7:36-50) where a similar contrast is presented between the critical attitude of the Pharisee Simon and the love shown by the pardoned sinner.
2 [5] Strike me: the Greek verb translated as strike means “to strike under the eye” and suggests the extreme situation to which the persistence of the widow might lead. It may, however, be used here in the much weaker sense of “to wear one out.”
3 [⇒ 18:15-⇒ 19:27] Luke here includes much of the material about the journey to Jerusalem found in his Marcan source (⇒ Luke 10:1-52) and adds to it the story of Zacchaeus (⇒ Luke 19:1-10) from his own particular tradition and the parable of the gold coins (minas) (⇒ Luke 19:11-27) from Q, the source common to Luke and Matthew.
4 [15-17] The sayings on children furnish a contrast to the attitude of the Pharisee in the preceding episode (⇒ Luke 18:9-14) and that of the wealthy official in the following one (⇒ Luke 18:18-23) who think that they can lay claim to God’s favor by their own merit. The attitude of the disciple should be marked by the receptivity and trustful dependence characteristic of the child.
5 [22] Detachment from material possessions results in the total dependence on God demanded of one who would inherit eternal life. Sell all that you have: the original saying (cf ⇒ Mark 10:21) has characteristically been made more demanding by Luke’s addition of “all.”
6 [31-33] The details included in this third announcement of Jesus’ suffering and death suggest that the literary formulation of the announcement has been directed by the knowledge of the historical passion and death of Jesus.
7 [31] Everything written by the prophets . . . will be fulfilled: this is a Lucan addition to the words of Jesus found in the Marcan source (⇒ Mark 10:32-34). Luke understands the events of Jesus’ last days in Jerusalem to be the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, but, as is usually the case in Luke-Acts, the author does not specify which Old Testament prophets he has in mind; cf ⇒ Luke 24:25, ⇒ 27, ⇒ 44; ⇒ Acts 3:8; ⇒ 13:27; ⇒ 26:22-23.
8 [38] Son of David: the blind beggar identifies Jesus with a title that is related to Jesus’ role as Messiah (see the note on ⇒ Luke 2:11). Through this Son of David, salvation comes to the blind man. Note the connection between salvation and house of David mentioned earlier in Zechariah’s canticle (⇒ Luke 1:69). See also the note on ⇒ Matthew 9:27.
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Saint Luke
Index
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
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NEW TESTAMENT
Saint Luke – Chapter 18
The Bible – New Testament Saint Luke Chapter 18 1 1 Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, 2 “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. 3 And a widow in that town used… Continue reading Saint Luke – Chapter 18
The Bible – Old Testament
1 Maccabees
Index
Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Chapter 1
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1 After Alexander the Macedonian, Philip’s son, who came from the land of Kittim, had defeated Darius, king of the Persians and Medes, he became king in his place, having first ruled in Greece.
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He fought many campaigns, captured fortresses, and put kings to death.
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He advanced to the ends of the earth, gathering plunder from many nations; the earth fell silent before him, and his heart became proud and arrogant.
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He collected a very strong army and conquered provinces, nations, and rulers, and they became his tributaries.
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But after all this he took to his bed, realizing that he was going to die.
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He therefore summoned his officers, the nobles, who had been brought up with him from his youth, to divide his kingdom among them while he was still alive.
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2 Alexander had reigned twelve years when he died.
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So his officers took over his kingdom, each in his own territory,
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and after his death they all put on royal crowns, and so did their sons after them for many years, causing much distress over the earth.
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3 There sprang from these a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus, once a hostage at Rome. He became king in the year one hundred and thirty-seven of the kingdom of the Greeks.
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In those days there appeared in Israel men who were breakers of the law, and they seduced many people, saying: “Let us go and make an alliance with the Gentiles all around us; since we separated from them, many evils have come upon us.”
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The proposal was agreeable;
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some from among the people promptly went to the king, and he authorized them to introduce the way of living of the Gentiles.
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4 Thereupon they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem according to the Gentile custom.
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They covered over the mark of their circumcision and abandoned the holy covenant; they allied themselves with the Gentiles and sold themselves to wrongdoing.
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When his kingdom seemed secure, Antiochus proposed to become king of Egypt, so as to rule over both kingdoms.
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5 He invaded Egypt with a strong force, with chariots and elephants, and with a large fleet,
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to make war on Ptolemy, king of Egypt. Ptolemy was frightened at his presence and fled, leaving many casualties.
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The fortified cities in the land of Egypt were captured, and Antiochus plundered the land of Egypt.
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6 After Antiochus had defeated Egypt in the year one hundred and forty-three, he returned and went up to Israel and to Jerusalem with a strong force.
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He insolently invaded the sanctuary and took away the golden altar, the lampstand for the light with all its fixtures,
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the offering table, the cups and the bowls, the golden censers, the curtain, the crowns, and the golden ornament on the facade of the temple. He stripped off everything,
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and took away the gold and silver and the precious vessels; he also took all the hidden treasures he could find.
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Taking all this, he went back to his own country, after he had spoken with great arrogance and shed much blood.
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And there was great mourning for Israel, in every place where they dwelt,
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and the rulers and the elders groaned. Virgins and young men languished, and the beauty of the women was disfigured.
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Every bridegroom took up lamentation, she who sat in the bridal chamber mourned,
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And the land was shaken on account of its inhabitants, and all the house of Jacob was covered with shame.
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Two years later, the king sent the Mysian commander to the cities of Judah, and he came to Jerusalem with a strong force.
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He spoke to them deceitfully in peaceful terms, and won their trust. Then he attacked the city suddenly, in a great onslaught, and destroyed many of the people in Israel.
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He plundered the city and set fire to it, demolished its houses and its surrounding walls,
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took captive the women and children, and seized the cattle.
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7 Then they built up the City of David with a high, massive wall and strong towers, and it became their citadel.
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There they installed a sinful race, perverse men, who fortified themselves inside it,
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storing up weapons and provisions, and depositing there the plunder they had collected from Jerusalem. And they became a great threat.
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The citadel became an ambush against the sanctuary, and a wicked adversary to Israel at all times.
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And they shed innocent blood around the sanctuary; they defiled the sanctuary.
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Because of them the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled away, and she became the abode of strangers. She became a stranger to her own offspring, and her children forsook her.
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Her sanctuary was as desolate as a wilderness; her feasts were turned into mourning, Her sabbaths to shame, her honor to contempt.
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Her dishonor was as great as her glory had been, and her exalation was turned into mourning.
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Then the king wrote to his whole kingdom that all should be one people,
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each abandoning his particular customs. All the Gentiles conformed to the command of the king,
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and many Israelites were in favor of his religion; they sacrificed to idols and profaned the sabbath.
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The king sent messengers with letters to Jerusalem and to the cities of Judah, ordering them to follow customs foreign to their land;
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to prohibit holocausts, sacrifices, and libations in the sanctuary, to profane the sabbaths and feast days,
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to desecrate the sanctuary and the sacred ministers,
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to build pagan altars and temples and shrines, to sacrifice swine and unclean animals,
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to leave their sons uncircumcised, and to let themselves be defiled with every kind of impurity and abomination,
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so that they might forget the law and change all their observances.
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Whoever refused to act according to the command of the king should be put to death.
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Such were the orders he published throughout his kingdom. He appointed inspectors over all the people, and he ordered the cities of Judah to offer sacrifices, each city in turn.
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Many of the people, those who abandoned the law, joined them and committed evil in the land.
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Israel was driven into hiding, wherever places of refuge could be found.
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8 On the fifteenth day of the month Chislev, in the year one hundred and forty-five, the king erected the horrible abomination upon the altar of holocausts, and in the surrounding cities of Judah they built pagan altars.
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They also burnt incense at the doors of houses and in the streets.
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9 Any scrolls of the law which they found they tore up and burnt.
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Whoever was found with a scroll of the covenant, and whoever observed the law, was condemned to death by royal decree.
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So they used their power against Israel, against those who were caught, each month, in the cities.
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On the twenty-fifth day of each month they sacrificed on the altar erected over the altar of holocausts.
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Women who had had their children circumcised were put to death, in keeping with the decree,
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with the babies hung from their necks; their families also and those who had circumcised them were killed.
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But many in Israel were determined and resolved in their hearts not to eat anything unclean;
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they preferred to die rather than to be defiled with unclean food or to profane the holy covenant; and they did die. Terrible affliction was upon Israel.ä”…
1 [1] Land of Kittim: Greece. The name referred originally to inhabitants of Kiti, capital of the isle of Cyprus, then to any Cypriots (⇒ Isaiah 23:1; ⇒ Jeremiah 2:10), later to Greeks in general, and finally even to Romans. See note on ⇒ Daniel 11:30. Darius: Darius III, Codoman (336-331 B.C.).
2 [7] Twelve years: 336-323 B.C.
3 [10] The year one hundred and thirty-seven: Antiochus IV seized the throne in September, 175 B.C. Dates are given in this book according to the Seleucid era, which however was reckoned in two different ways. Antiochians considered this date to be October, 312 B.C. (Syrian calendar), while Babylonians and Jewish priests accepted April, 311 B.C. as the commencement of the era (temple calendar). The author of 1 Macc dates political events by the Syrian calendar but religious events by the temple calendar. Accordingly, the civil New Year occurred variously in September or October, the religious New Year in March or April.
4 [14] Gymnasium: symbol and center of athletic and intellectual life, it was the chief instrument of Hellenistic propaganda. Jewish youth were attracted by sports and encouraged to join youth clubs. They received training in military skills and in the duties of citizens. Through participation in the intellectual life, many were gradually won over to paganism.
5 [17] Elephants: an important part of Seleucid armament. About 300 B.C. Seleucus I, founder of the dynasty, procured five hundred of them from India; cf ⇒ 1 Macc 6:34-37.
6 [20] Defeated Egypt in the year one hundred and forty-three: 169 B.C. No mention is made in 1 Mc of the second expedition to Egypt a year later, described in ⇒ 2 Macc 5:1, ⇒ 11; ⇒ Daniel 11:25, ⇒ 19 records both.
7 [33] City of David: not Mount Zion on the eastern hill of Jerusalem, which David captured from the Jebusites (⇒ 2 Sam 5:7), but a new fortress built on the western hill and overlooking the temple and its courts on Mount Zion. It was occupied for twenty-six years by the Syro-Macedonian garrison, together with apostate Jews, and was a continual threat to the temple and the Jewish people (⇒ 1 Macc 1:36); cf ⇒ 1 Macc 13:49-51.
8 [54] Fifteenth day of the month Chislev, in the year one hundred and forty-five: December 6, 167 B.C. Horrible abomination: in the original Hebrew, a contemptuous pun on the title “Lord of heaven” given to the god Zeus Olympios, to whom an image or perhaps an altar was erected upon the altar of holocausts in the temple of Jerusalem; cf ⇒ Daniel 9:27; ⇒ 11:31.
9 [56-57] Scrolls of the law: one or more of the first five books of the Old Testament.
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1 Maccabees
Index
Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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