2 Maccabees 9:12 (WEB)
When he himself could not stand his own smell, he said these words: “It is right to be subject to God, and that one who is mortal should not think they are equal to God.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Aphrahat
“For the judgment came upon Antiochus, a judgment from heaven; and he became sick with a grievous and evil sickness, and on account of the smell of him as he rotted, no man could approach him, for worms were crawling and falling from him and eating his flesh because he oppressed the worm Jacob.” — editor's note: 2 Macc. ix. 5–12.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Of this same thing in the Maccabees: “It is just to be subjected to God, and that a mortal should not think things equal to God.”” — editor's note: 2 Macc. ix. 12.
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.5.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.5.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.5.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.5.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.5.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.5.