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1 Maccabees 7:28 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" “Let there be no battle between me and you; I will come with a few men, that I may see your faces in peace.” "

1 Maccabees 7:28

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26 Then the king sent Nicanor, one of his honorable princes, a man who hated Israel and was their enemy, and commanded him to destroy the people.

27 Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great army. He sent to Judas and his kindred deceitfully with words of peace, saying,

28 “Let there be no battle between me and you; I will come with a few men, that I may see your faces in peace.”

29 He came to Judas, and they saluted one another peaceably. The enemies were ready to seize Judas by violence.

30 This was known to Judas, that he came to him with deceit, and he was very afraid of him, and would see his face no more.

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1 Maccabees 7:1

"In the one hundred fifty first year, Demetrius the son of Seleucus came out of Rome, and went up with a few men to a city by the sea, and reigned there."

1 Maccabees 7:2

"It came to pass, when he would go into the house of the kingdom of his fathers, that the army laid hands on Antiochus and Lysias, to bring them to him."

1 Maccabees 7:3

"The thing became known to him, and he said, “Don’t show me their faces!”"

1 Maccabees 7:4

"So the army killed them. Then Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom."

1 Maccabees 7:5

"All the lawless and ungodly men of Israel came to him. Alcimus was their leader, desiring to be high priest."

1 Maccabees 7:6

"They accused the people to the king, saying, “Judas and his kindred have destroyed all your friends, and have scattered us from our own land."

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