2 Maccabees 15:4
Good News Translation
And the Jews replied, "Yes; the living Lord, who rules in heaven, commanded us to honor the Sabbath."

New Revised Standard Version
When they declared, “It is the living Lord himself, the Sovereign in heaven, who ordered us to observe the seventh day,”

Contemporary English Version
"Yes!" they answered. "And that Ruler is the living Lord and King of Heaven."

New American Bible
They replied, “It is the living Lord, the ruler in heaven, who commands the observance of the sabbath day.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they answered: There is the living Lord himself in heaven, the mighty One, that commanded the seventh day to be kept.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when they answered: There is the living Lord himself in heaven, the mighty One, that commanded the seventh day to be kept.

2 Maccabees 15:2
And when the Jews that were constrained to follow him, said: Do not act so fiercely and barbarously, but give honour to the day that is sanctified: and reverence him that beholdeth all things:

2 Maccabees 15:3
That unhappy man asked, if there were a mighty One in heaven, that had commanded the sabbath day to be kept.

2 Maccabees 15:5
Then he said: And I am mighty upon the earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king's business. Nevertheless he prevailed not to accomplish his design.

2 Maccabees 15:6
So Nicanor being puffed up with exceeding great pride, thought to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas.

Context
2 Maccabees 15
3That unhappy man asked, if there were a mighty One in heaven, that had commanded the sabbath day to be kept. 4And when they answered: There is the living Lord himself in heaven, the mighty One, that commanded the seventh day to be kept. 5Then he said: And I am mighty upon the earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king's business. Nevertheless he prevailed not to accomplish his design.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 15:2
And when the Jews that were constrained to follow him, said: Do not act so fiercely and barbarously, but give honour to the day that is sanctified: and reverence him that beholdeth all things:

2 Maccabees 15:3
That unhappy man asked, if there were a mighty One in heaven, that had commanded the sabbath day to be kept.

2 Maccabees 15:5
Then he said: And I am mighty upon the earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king's business. Nevertheless he prevailed not to accomplish his design.

2 Maccabees 15:6
So Nicanor being puffed up with exceeding great pride, thought to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas.



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