3 Maccabees 6:31-33
Revised Standard Version
31 Accordingly those disgracefully treated and near to death,[a] or rather, who stood at its gates, arranged for a banquet of deliverance instead of a bitter and lamentable death, and full of joy they apportioned to celebrants the place which had been prepared for their destruction and burial. 32 They ceased their chanting of dirges and took up the song of their fathers, praising God, their Savior and worker of wonders.[b] Putting an end to all mourning and wailing, they formed choruses[c] as a sign of peaceful joy. 33 Likewise also the king, after convening a great banquet to celebrate these events, gave thanks to heaven unceasingly and lavishly for the unexpected rescue which he[d] had experienced.
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- 3 Maccabees 6:31 Gk Hades
- 3 Maccabees 6:32 Other ancient authorities read praising Israel and the wonder-working God; or praising Israel’s Savior, the wonder-working God
- 3 Maccabees 6:32 Or choral groups
- 3 Maccabees 6:33 Other ancient authorities read they
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