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The Prophet Jeremiah, after Michelangelo, Giorgio Ghisi

2 Maccabees 6:20

Giorgio Ghisi, The Prophet Jeremiah, after Michelangelo, 1570s · Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0Giorgio Ghisi, The Prophet Jeremiah, after Michelangelo, 1570s, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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2 Maccabees 6:20 (WEB)

as men ought to come who are resolute to repel such things as not even for the natural love of life is it lawful to taste.

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  • “For this was accomplished at that time, when the venerable and aged Eleazar was slain, and the sons of the blessed Samuna, seven in number, and when Judas (Maccabeus) and his brethren were struggling on behalf of their people, when they were dwelling in hiding-places.” — editor's note: 2 Macc. vi. 18–31; vii.

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