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2 Maccabees 14:35-37
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 14:35-37
New Catholic Bible
35 “O Lord of all, though you are in need of nothing, it has pleased you that there should be a temple for your dwelling place among us. 36 Therefore, O Holy One, Lord of all holiness, preserve forever undefiled this house that has so recently been purified.”
37 The Voluntary Sacrifice of Razis.[a] A man named Razis, one of the elders of Jerusalem, was denounced to Nicanor. He deeply loved his compatriots and was highly esteemed by them, and he was known as the father of the Jews because of his loyalty.
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- 2 Maccabees 14:37 Razis’s suicide, which in any other circumstance would be a crime, is here equivalent to the heroic act of a martyr and becomes a supreme appeal for divine justice. At the same time, it bears witness to Razis’s faith in the resurrection.
