Graphic Bible · Scene 15 of 32
Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 8
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.
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· Greek
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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909
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1 Maccabees 8:15
A Council Governs
An Alliance with Rome · 1 Maccabees 8
Story guide: Council members deliberate on facing benches as the account describes Rome’s daily attention to governing its people.
Open this scene in the reader →15And they established a council for themselves, and every day three hundred and twenty would deliberate, continually taking counsel concerning the multitude, to govern themselves well.
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