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For as long as Judas remains alive, it is impossible for the government to find peace.
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Verse 6–11. Assideans: the most zealous defenders of the faith. Alcimus had slain sixty of them. 1 B. 7:12. 19. Calmet.—This description, given by enemies through malice, serves to shew the zeal and sincerity of these people in promoting God’s law and virtue.—Him. See 1 B. 7:26. Worthington.—Alcimus was guilty of much falsehood. He was not of the family to which the high priesthood belonged, and he had rendered himself unworthy of it. verse 3, 7.
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