Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation and tried to encourage them by saying, "You know how much my father's family, my brothers, and I have done for the sake of the Law of Moses and the Temple. You also know about the wars we have fought and the troubles we have had. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And exhorted them, saying: You know what great battles I and my brethren, and the house of my father, have fought for the laws, and the sanctuary, and the distresses that we have seen: 1 Maccabees 13:1Now Simon heard that Tryphon was gathering together a very great army to invade the land of Juda, and to destroy it. 1 Maccabees 13:2 And seeing that the people was in dread and in fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and assembled the people, 1 Maccabees 13:4 By reason whereof all my brethren have lost their lives for Israel's sake, and I am left alone. 1 Maccabees 13:5 And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble: for I am not better than my brethren. Context 1 Maccabees 13…2And seeing that the people was in dread and in fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and assembled the people, 3And exhorted them, saying: You know what great battles I and my brethren, and the house of my father, have fought for the laws, and the sanctuary, and the distresses that we have seen: 4By reason whereof all my brethren have lost their lives for Israel's sake, and I am left alone.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 13:1 Now Simon heard that Tryphon was gathering together a very great army to invade the land of Juda, and to destroy it. 1 Maccabees 13:2 And seeing that the people was in dread and in fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and assembled the people, 1 Maccabees 13:4 By reason whereof all my brethren have lost their lives for Israel's sake, and I am left alone. 1 Maccabees 13:5 And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble: for I am not better than my brethren. |