OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 48:11

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Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been beautified with love; for we also shall surely live.

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Verse 11. Friendship. Like Eliseus, or the disciples of both. Calmet.—Greek “who slept in love, for we also shall live indeed; (13.) Elias,” and so forth Bible.—When we shall witness thy return, if we prove faithful, we may expect an immortal name, and not otherwise. Calmet.—He speaks in the person of those who shall live at that time. Bible.

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