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he stretched out his right hand toward the sanctuary, and swore this oath: “If you won’t deliver up to me Judas as a prisoner, I will level this temple of God even with the ground, break down the altar, and I will erect here a temple to Dionysus for all to see.
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Verse 33. Bacchus: a very suitable temple, when beaten to the ground! Bible.—He is styled Liber, and accounted the inventor of wine: hence drunkards dedicate temples to him. Worthington.
Or, chapel Greek enclosure.
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