2 Maccabees 12:43

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2 Maccabees 12:43 (WEB)
When he had made a collection man by man to the sum of two thousand drachmas of silver, he sent to Jerusalem to offer a sacrifice for sin, doing very well and honorably in this, in that he took thought for the resurrection.

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Augustine of Hippo, On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 3
“In the books of the Maccabees we read of sacrifice offered for the dead.” — editor's note: 2 Mac. xii. 43
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Matthew 10:28
Cited together in On Care to Be Had for the Dead Chapter 3.

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