Jesus — Quovadisworld

CHAPTER FOUR OF THE THIRD BOOK OF MACCABAEES

Jason is made high priest. He introduces Gentile fashions. He is supplanted hy Menelaus. The murder of Onias.

John defeats Cendebceus. Simon and his sons are slain treacherously by Ptolemy son of Abubus.

The acts and honours of Simon. Antiochus defeats Tryphon: and sends Cendebaeus into Judea.

The good deeds of Simon. His fame. Renewal of the league by the Romans and Lacedaemonians.

Simon made captain. His acts. Jonathan’s death, burial, and monument. Tryphon seizes the kingdom.

Jonathan renews the league with the Romans and Lacedaemonians. He is made prisoner hy Tryphon.

The death of Alexander, and of Ptolemy. The exploits of Jonathan.

The death of Judas. Also, of John. Jonathan is made captain. The death of Alcimus.

The wars of Judas with Bacchides, Alcimus, and Nicanor. Nicanor’s deaths

The wars of Judas. The sanctuary cleansed. We learn where Hanukkah (Feast of Light)comes from.