Graphic Bible · Scene 22 of 70
Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 2
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 2:22
Refusing the Decree
A Covenant in the Wilderness · 1 Maccabees 2
Story guide: The blank decree scroll gives visible form to the command Mattathias refuses. His quoted answer supplies the words; the artwork invents no document text.
Open this scene in the reader →22We will not obey the king’s decree by turning aside from our worship, to the right or to the left.
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