Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation because he thought his arrest would be a crippling blow to the Jews. New Revised Standard Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For he thought by ensnaring him to hurt the Jews very much. 2 Maccabees 14:38This man, for a long time, had held fast his purpose of keeping himself pure in the Jews' religion, and was ready to expose his body and life, that he might persevere therein. 2 Maccabees 14:39 So Nicanor being willing to declare the hatred that he bore the Jews, sent five hundred soldiers to take him. 2 Maccabees 14:41 Now as the multitude sought to rush into his house, and to break open the door, and to set fire to it, when he was ready to be taken, he struck himself with his sword: 2 Maccabees 14:42 Choosing to die nobly rather than to fall into the hands of the wicked, and to suffer abuses unbecoming his noble birth. Context 2 Maccabees 14…39So Nicanor being willing to declare the hatred that he bore the Jews, sent five hundred soldiers to take him. 40For he thought by ensnaring him to hurt the Jews very much. 41Now as the multitude sought to rush into his house, and to break open the door, and to set fire to it, when he was ready to be taken, he struck himself with his sword:… Cross References 2 Maccabees 14:38 This man, for a long time, had held fast his purpose of keeping himself pure in the Jews' religion, and was ready to expose his body and life, that he might persevere therein. 2 Maccabees 14:39 So Nicanor being willing to declare the hatred that he bore the Jews, sent five hundred soldiers to take him. 2 Maccabees 14:41 Now as the multitude sought to rush into his house, and to break open the door, and to set fire to it, when he was ready to be taken, he struck himself with his sword: 2 Maccabees 14:42 Choosing to die nobly rather than to fall into the hands of the wicked, and to suffer abuses unbecoming his noble birth. |
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