 | William Cuninghame - Bible - 1817 - 444 pages
...Greeks, and the people apostatized from the " true religion, and even the priests, 2 Mace. iv. 14. " had no courage to serve any more at the altar, "but despising the temple and neglecting the sa" erifices, they hastened to be partakers of unlawful " diversions."* * Vide Bishop Newton on the... | |
 | Horace Smith - Amusements - 1831 - 372 pages
...practised in the time of the Maccabees, when Jason, a Hellenised Jew, having OF THE ANCIENT JEWS. 23 procured himself to be illegally made high-priest,...completed what Jason had begun, building a hippodrome even witltin the walls of the Holy City, and another at Cassarea. It would be a wide error to suppose, with... | |
 | Bible - 1832 - 512 pages
...profaneness of Jason, that ungodly 1?*. 14 wretch, and not high priest; that the priests had no inclination to serve any more at the altar; but despising the...unlawful allowance in the place of exercise, after the challenge'1 15 at the Discus ; not esteeming the honours of their fathers, but liking the glory of... | |
 | Thomas Newton - Bible - 1832 - 678 pages
...the Greeks ; the people apostatized from the true religion, and even " the priests, (2 Mac. iv. 14,) had no courage to serve any more at the altar, but...despising the temple, and neglecting the sacrifices, they hastened to be partakers of unlawful diversions." Nay, Jerusalem was taken by Antiochus ; forty... | |
 | William Cuninghame - Bible - 1832 - 698 pages
...the Greeks, and the people apostatized from the true religion, and even the priests, 2 Macc. iv. 14-, had no courage to serve any more at the altar, but...despising the Temple and neglecting the sacrifices, they hastened to be partakers of unlawful diversions.* * Vide Bishop Newton on the Prophecies, Dissertation... | |
 | David Davidson (LL.D.) - Christianity - 1844 - 300 pages
...tower itself, and brought the chief young men under his subjection, and made them wear a hat. Nowsuch was the height of Greek fashions, and increase of...exercise, after the game of discus called them forth ; not setting by the honours of their fathers, but liking the glory of the Grecians best of all. By... | |
 | Religion - 1844 - 1022 pages
...these pursuits. The testimony of the Second Book of Maccabees is painfully express upon this point : " That the priests had no courage to serve any more...exercise, after the game of Discus called them forth ; not setting by the honors of theii fathers, but liking the glory of the Grecians best of all. By... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1844 - 1004 pages
...these pursuits. The testimony of the Second Book of Maccabees is painfully express upon this point : " That the priests had no courage to serve any more...exercise, after the game of Discus called them forth ; not setting by the honors of theii fathers, but liking the glory oi the Grecians best of all. By... | |
 | Theology - 1844 - 498 pages
...these pursuits. The testimony of the Second Book of Maccabees is painfully express upon this point: " That the priests had no courage to serve any more...exercise, after the game of Discus called them forth ; not setting by the honors of theii fathers, but liking the glory of the Grecians best of all. By... | |
 | Child rearing - 1847 - 368 pages
...to at'.opt many of the heathen practices, and piepared the way for the final downfall of the people. procured himself to be illegally made high-priest,...within the walls of the Holy City, and another at Caesarea. It would be a wide error to suppose, with the ancient Pagans, that because the Jews had no... | |
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Now such was the height of Greek fashions, and increase of heathenish manners, through the exceeding profaneness of Jason, that ungodly wretch, and no high priest; that the priests had no courage to serve any more at the altar, but despising the temple,... 
