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2 Maccabees 14:35-37
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 14:35-37
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
35 “O Lord of all, though you have need of nothing, you were pleased that there should be a temple for your habitation among us,(A) 36 so now, O holy One, Lord of all holiness, keep undefiled forever this house that has been so recently purified.”(B)
Razis Dies for His Country
37 A certain Razis, one of the elders of Jerusalem, was denounced to Nicanor as a man who loved his compatriots and was very well thought of and for his goodwill was called father of the Jews.
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