Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But as soon as they began to trust him, he arrested 60 of them and put them all to death on the same day. As the scripture says, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written: 1 Maccabees 7:14For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us. 1 Maccabees 7:15 And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm, nor your friends. 1 Maccabees 7:17 The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. 1 Maccabees 7:18 Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said: There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the covenant, and the oath which they made. Context 1 Maccabees 7…15And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm, nor your friends. 16And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written: 17The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 7:14 For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us. 1 Maccabees 7:15 And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm, nor your friends. 1 Maccabees 7:17 The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. 1 Maccabees 7:18 Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said: There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the covenant, and the oath which they made. |