Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So Menelaus, who was guilty of all the evil, was acquitted by him of the accusations: and those poor men, who, if they had pleaded their cause even before Scythians, should have been judged innocent, were condemned to death. 2 Maccabees 4:45But Menelaus being convicted, promised Ptolemee to give him much money to persuade the king to favour him. 2 Maccabees 4:46 So Ptolemee went to the king in a certain court where he was, as it were to cool himself, and brought him to be of another mind: 2 Maccabees 4:48 Thus they that persecuted the cause for the city, and for the people, and the sacred vessels, did soon suffer unjust punishment. 2 Maccabees 4:49 Wherefore even the Tyrians, being moved with indignation, were very liberal towards their burial. Context 2 Maccabees 4…46So Ptolemee went to the king in a certain court where he was, as it were to cool himself, and brought him to be of another mind: 47So Menelaus, who was guilty of all the evil, was acquitted by him of the accusations: and those poor men, who, if they had pleaded their cause even before Scythians, should have been judged innocent, were condemned to death. 48Thus they that persecuted the cause for the city, and for the people, and the sacred vessels, did soon suffer unjust punishment.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 4:45 But Menelaus being convicted, promised Ptolemee to give him much money to persuade the king to favour him. 2 Maccabees 4:46 So Ptolemee went to the king in a certain court where he was, as it were to cool himself, and brought him to be of another mind: 2 Maccabees 4:48 Thus they that persecuted the cause for the city, and for the people, and the sacred vessels, did soon suffer unjust punishment. 2 Maccabees 4:49 Wherefore even the Tyrians, being moved with indignation, were very liberal towards their burial. |
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