Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I have made these few observations by way of reminder. We will now get on with the story. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But let this suffice in a few words for a warning to the readers. And now we must come to the narration. 2 Maccabees 6:15Doth he also deal with us, so as to suffer our sins to come to their height, and then take vengeance on us. 2 Maccabees 6:16 And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: but though he chastise his people with adversity he forsaketh them not. 2 Maccabees 6:18 Eleazar one of the chief of the scribes, a man advanced in years, and of a comely countenance, was pressed to open his mouth to eat swine's flesh. 2 Maccabees 6:19 But he, choosing rather a most glorious death than a hateful life, went forward voluntarily to the torment. Context 2 Maccabees 6…16And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: but though he chastise his people with adversity he forsaketh them not. 17But let this suffice in a few words for a warning to the readers. And now we must come to the narration. 18Eleazar one of the chief of the scribes, a man advanced in years, and of a comely countenance, was pressed to open his mouth to eat swine's flesh.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 6:15 Doth he also deal with us, so as to suffer our sins to come to their height, and then take vengeance on us. 2 Maccabees 6:16 And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: but though he chastise his people with adversity he forsaketh them not. 2 Maccabees 6:18 Eleazar one of the chief of the scribes, a man advanced in years, and of a comely countenance, was pressed to open his mouth to eat swine's flesh. 2 Maccabees 6:19 But he, choosing rather a most glorious death than a hateful life, went forward voluntarily to the torment. |
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