Graphic Bible · Scene 31 of 32
Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 8
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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909
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1 Maccabees 8:31
A Letter to Demetrius
An Alliance with Rome · 1 Maccabees 8
Story guide: A Roman scribe prepares the warning, while a troubled Judean household illustrates the burden described in its message.
Open this scene in the reader →31And concerning the wrongs that King Demetrius is doing to them, we wrote to him, saying, “Why have you made your yoke heavy upon our friends and allies, the Jews?”
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