1 Maccabees 2:35 (WEB)
Then the enemy hurried to attack them.
Fathers and councils · 1
“They were ready to fight for the temple of God and for their rights, and when attacked on the Sabbath day by the craft of the enemy, willingly allowed wounds to be inflicted on their unprotected bodies, rather than to join in the fight, so that they might not defile the Sabbath.” — editor's note: 1 Macc. ii. 35 ff.
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Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.40.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.40.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.40.