“At the same time, Antiochus prepared a second expedition into Egypt, etc. Portents therefore sometimes foreshadow prosperous events, and at other times they prefigure adverse ones; but always in accordance with what the supreme Judge determines to be fitting for each matter and each time. Nor is it surprising that in…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 2 Maccabees
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2And then it happened, that through all the city, for the space almost of forty days, there were seen horsemen running in the air, in cloth of gold, and armed with lances, like a band of soldiers,
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1About the same time Antiochus prepared his second voyage into Egypt:
— 2 Maccabees 5:2 —
3And troops of horsemen in array, encountering and running one against another, with shaking of shields, and multitude of pikes, and drawing of swords, and casting of darts, and glittering of golden ornaments, and harness of all sorts.
4Wherefore every man prayed that that apparition might turn to good.