“We said above that Simon is the chief of the priests, that is, the one who through obedience to the Cross offered himself to the Father for us, in whose house the Son has two peoples of believers, from the Jews and from the Gentiles. To these the Father entrusts the power of war against all enemies and adversaries of…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 1 Maccabees 16
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1Then came up John from Gazera, and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done.
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— 1 Maccabees 16:1 —
2Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said unto them, I, and my brethren, and my father’s house, have ever from my youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel; and things have prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered Israel oftentimes.
3But now I am old, and ye, by God’s mercy, are of a sufficient age: be ye instead of me and my brother, and go and fight for our nation, and the help from heaven be with you.