OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 2:1

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It is also found in the records that Jeremiah the prophet commanded those who were carried away to take some of the fire, as has been mentioned,

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Verse 1. The descriptions. That is, the records or memoirs of Jeremias, a work that is now lost. Challoner.—It was extant, B.Calmet. 142. Calmet.—Saint Ambrose (Of. iii. 14.) writes at large concerning this miracle. Worthington.

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