OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 14:38

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For in the former times when there was no mingling with the Gentiles, he had been accused of following the Jews’ religion, and had risked body and life with all earnestness for the religion of the Jews.

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Verse 38. Had held. Greek “when they were unmixed, had been judged for Judaism; ( Bible.) or been brought to judgment for keeping others from idolatry. Syr. Calmet.

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