Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When they arrived in the city, he called together all the people, stationed the priests before the altar, and sent for the men in the fort. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And when he was come thither, having called together his countrymen, and the priests to the altar, he sent also for them that were in the castle, 2 Maccabees 15:29Then making a shout, and a great noise, they blessed the Almighty Lord in their own language. 2 Maccabees 15:30 And Judas, who was altogether ready, in body and mind, to die for his countrymen, commanded that Nicanor's head, and his hand, with the shoulder, should be cut off, and carried to Jerusalem. 2 Maccabees 15:32 And shewing them the head of Nicanor, and the wicked hand, which he had stretched out, with proud boasts, against the holy house of the Almighty God, 2 Maccabees 15:33 He commanded also, that the tongue of the wicked Nicanor should be cut out, and given by pieces to birds, and the hand of the furious man to be hanged up over against the temple. Context 2 Maccabees 15…30And Judas, who was altogether ready, in body and mind, to die for his countrymen, commanded that Nicanor's head, and his hand, with the shoulder, should be cut off, and carried to Jerusalem. 31And when he was come thither, having called together his countrymen, and the priests to the altar, he sent also for them that were in the castle, 32And shewing them the head of Nicanor, and the wicked hand, which he had stretched out, with proud boasts, against the holy house of the Almighty God,… Cross References 2 Maccabees 15:29 Then making a shout, and a great noise, they blessed the Almighty Lord in their own language. 2 Maccabees 15:30 And Judas, who was altogether ready, in body and mind, to die for his countrymen, commanded that Nicanor's head, and his hand, with the shoulder, should be cut off, and carried to Jerusalem. 2 Maccabees 15:32 And shewing them the head of Nicanor, and the wicked hand, which he had stretched out, with proud boasts, against the holy house of the Almighty God, 2 Maccabees 15:33 He commanded also, that the tongue of the wicked Nicanor should be cut out, and given by pieces to birds, and the hand of the furious man to be hanged up over against the temple. |