2 Maccabees 15:16

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2 Maccabees 15:16 (WEB)
“Take this holy sword, a gift from God, with which you shall strike down the adversaries.”

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John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 5
“And Jeremiah prevailed not for the Jews, but some one else he did haply cover from evil by his prophecy.” — editor's note: Alluding, perhaps, to 2 Maccab. xv. 13–16.
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