OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 7:16

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But he looked toward the king and said, “Because you have authority among men, though you are corruptible, you do what you please. But don’t think that our race has been forsaken by God.

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Verse 16. Power. Nothing could be more free than this answer, which greatly resembles that of Christ. John 19:11. Calmet.

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Greek him.

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