OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 9:8

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He who had just supposed himself to have the waves of the sea at his bidding because he was so superhumanly arrogant, and who thought to weigh the heights of the mountains in a balance, was now brought to the ground and carried in a litter, showing to all that the power was obviously God’s,

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Verse 8. Man. He seems to have claimed divine honours, verse 12. Calmet. 5:21. and 9:8. Daniel 11:36. Arab. Calmet.

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Or, showing manifestly to all the power of God

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