2 Maccabees 15:32
Good News Translation
He showed them the head of the evil Nicanor and the arm which that wicked man had arrogantly stretched out against the sacred Temple of the Almighty God.

New Revised Standard Version
He showed them the vile Nicanor’s head and that profane man’s arm, which had been boastfully stretched out against the holy house of the Almighty.

Contemporary English Version
Judas showed them the head of that godless Nicanor. Then he let them see the arm of this arrogant and disgusting man, who had shaken his fist at the holy temple of God All-Powerful.

New American Bible
He showed them the vile Nicanor’s head and the wretched blasphemer’s arm that had been boastfully stretched out against the holy dwelling of the Almighty.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 15:30
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 15:31
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 15:33
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.

2 Maccabees 15:34
Then all blessed the Lord of heaven, saying: Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.

Context
2 Maccabees 15
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, 33He 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.…
Cross References
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 15:31
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 15:33
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.

2 Maccabees 15:34
Then all blessed the Lord of heaven, saying: Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.



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2 Maccabees 15:31
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