OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 4:11

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Setting aside the royal ordinances of special favor to the Jews, granted by the means of John the father of Eupolemus, who went on the mission to the Romans to establish friendship and alliance, and seeking to overthrow the lawful ways of living, he brought in new customs forbidden by the law.

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Verse 11. Alliance, afterwards under Judas. 1 B. 8:17. Calmet.—John had procured real advantages for the city. Menochius.

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