3 Maccabees 1:27LXX
Bible Orthodoxe · LXX · Verset 27 sur 29
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"Yet even his own officers, when they saw this, joined the Jews in an appeal to Him who has all power, to aid in the present crisis, and not wink at such overweening lawlessness."
En contexte
25The elders who surrounded the king strove in many ways to divert his haughty mind from the design which he had formed.
26He, in his hardened mood, insensible to all persuasion, was going onwards, with the view of carrying out this design.
27Yet even his own officers, when they saw this, joined the Jews in an appeal to Him who has all power, to aid in the present crisis, and not wink at such overweening lawlessness.
28Such was the frequency and the vehemence of the cry of the assembled crowd, that an indescribable noise ensued.
29Not the men only, the very walls and floor seemed to sound forth; all things preferring dissolution rather than to see the place defiled.