Graphic Bible · Scene 59 of 63
Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 6
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 6:59
Their Own Laws Again
The King Dies and the Oath Is Broken · 1 Maccabees 6
Story guide: Lysias continues his proposal before a closed law scroll and open hands emphasize the question of the people’s laws.
Open this scene in the reader →59and let us establish for them to walk according to their own laws, as before; for it was because of their laws, which we set aside, that they became angry and did all these things.
Step through the story beside the Scripture itself. About the People’s Open Bible