Graphic Bible · Scene 58 of 64
Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 1
The available numbered POB Greek working edition, retaining each record’s declared source edition and notes. Artwork interprets this book’s account. Appearance, clothing and staging are interpretive; material from 2 Maccabees is not imported.
Source and translation notes
Anonymous. Artwork does not authenticate historical portraits or authorship.
· Greek
English witness: People’s Open Bible — Cartha Inc. and contributors · CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ — for POB outputs; source editions retain their original licenses.
Source edition: lxx-swete-1909
Chapter and verse numbers follow the available POB edition. Every available source record is displayed once, in supplied order.
1 Maccabees 1:58
Month After Month
From Conquest to Persecution · 1 Maccabees 1
Story guide: The empty doorways and lengthening shadows express persecution repeated over time.
Open this scene in the reader →58By their power they kept doing this to Israel, to those who were found in the cities month after month.
Step through the story beside the Scripture itself. About the People’s Open Bible