Verse (Click for Chapter) New American Bible Thus he made atonement for the dead that they might be absolved from their sin. Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins. 2 Maccabees 12:44(For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,) 2 Maccabees 12:45 And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them. 2 Maccabees 13:1 In the year one hundred and forty-nine, Judas understood that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a multitude against Judea, 2 Maccabees 13:2 And with him Lysias, the regent, who had charge over the affairs of the realm, having with him a hundred and ten thousand footmen, five thousand horsemen, twenty-two elephants, and three hundred chariots. Context 2 Maccabees 12…45And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them. 46It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins. … Cross References 2 Maccabees 12:44 (For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,) 2 Maccabees 12:45 And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them. 2 Maccabees 13:1 In the year one hundred and forty-nine, Judas understood that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a multitude against Judea, 2 Maccabees 13:2 And with him Lysias, the regent, who had charge over the affairs of the realm, having with him a hundred and ten thousand footmen, five thousand horsemen, twenty-two elephants, and three hundred chariots. |
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