Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For to collect all that is to be known, to put the discourse in order, and curiously to discuss every particular point, is the duty of the author of a history: 2 Maccabees 2:29Leaving to the authors the exact handling of every particular, and as for ourselves, according to the plan proposed, studying to be brief. 2 Maccabees 2:30 For as the master builder of a new house must have care of the whole building: but he that taketh care to paint it, must seek out fit things for the adorning of it: so must it be judged of us. 2 Maccabees 2:32 But to pursue brevity of speech, and to avoid nice declarations of things, is to be granted to him that maketh an abridgment. 2 Maccabees 2:33 Here then we will begin the narration: let this be enough by way of a preface: for it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself. Context 2 Maccabees 2…30For as the master builder of a new house must have care of the whole building: but he that taketh care to paint it, must seek out fit things for the adorning of it: so must it be judged of us. 31For to collect all that is to be known, to put the discourse in order, and curiously to discuss every particular point, is the duty of the author of a history: 32But to pursue brevity of speech, and to avoid nice declarations of things, is to be granted to him that maketh an abridgment.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 2:29 Leaving to the authors the exact handling of every particular, and as for ourselves, according to the plan proposed, studying to be brief. 2 Maccabees 2:30 For as the master builder of a new house must have care of the whole building: but he that taketh care to paint it, must seek out fit things for the adorning of it: so must it be judged of us. 2 Maccabees 2:32 But to pursue brevity of speech, and to avoid nice declarations of things, is to be granted to him that maketh an abridgment. 2 Maccabees 2:33 Here then we will begin the narration: let this be enough by way of a preface: for it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself. |
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