Graphic Bible · Scene 63 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
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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909
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1 Maccabees 2:63
Plans Return to Dust
A Covenant in the Wilderness · 1 Maccabees 2
Story guide: Dust erasing an unlettered impression illustrates the speech’s warning about passing glory and failed plans. It does not depict a particular king’s death.
Open this scene in the reader →63Today he will be exalted, and he will surely not be found, because he has returned to his dust, and his plans have perished.
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