1. Septuagint, 3 Maccabees, 2.17-2.18 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
| 2.17. Do not punish us for the defilement committed by these men, or call us to account for this profanation, lest the transgressors boast in their wrath or exult in the arrogance of their tongue, saying 2.18. `We have trampled down the house of the sanctuary as offensive houses are trampled down.' |
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2. Anon., 2 Baruch, 6.7-6.10, 10.2-10.4, 10.6-10.7, 10.18, 33.2, 80.1-80.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
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3. New Testament, Acts, 21.36 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
| 21.36. for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, "Away with him! |
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4. New Testament, Luke, 23.27 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
| 23.27. A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him. |
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5. Anon., The Acts of John, 42 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
| 42. And as John spake these things, immediately the altar of Artemis was parted into many pieces, and all the things that were dedicated in the temple fell, and [MS. that which seemed good to him] was rent asunder, and likewise of the images of the gods more than seven. And the half of the temple fell down, so that the priest was slain at one blow by the falling of the (?roof, ? beam). The multitude of the Ephesians therefore cried out: One is the God of John, one is the God that hath pity on us, for thou only art God: now are we turned to thee, beholding thy marvellous works! have mercy on us, O God, according to thy will, and save us from our great error! And some of them, lying on their faces, made supplication, and some kneeled and besought, and some rent their clothes and wept, and others tried to escape. |
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6. Anon., Acts of John, 42 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
| 42. And as John spake these things, immediately the altar of Artemis was parted into many pieces, and all the things that were dedicated in the temple fell, and [MS. that which seemed good to him] was rent asunder, and likewise of the images of the gods more than seven. And the half of the temple fell down, so that the priest was slain at one blow by the falling of the (?roof, ? beam). The multitude of the Ephesians therefore cried out: One is the God of John, one is the God that hath pity on us, for thou only art God: now are we turned to thee, beholding thy marvellous works! have mercy on us, O God, according to thy will, and save us from our great error! And some of them, lying on their faces, made supplication, and some kneeled and besought, and some rent their clothes and wept, and others tried to escape. |
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7. Anon., 4 Baruch, 3.8, 3.14, 4.4-4.5
| 3.8. And Jeremiah said: Behold, Lord, now we know that you are delivering the city into the hands of its enemies, and they will take the people away to Babylon. What do you want me to do with the holy vessels of the temple service? 3.14. And the Lord said to Jeremiah: Send him to the vineyard of Agrippa, and I will hide him in the shadow of the mountain until I cause the people to return to the city. 4.4. But taking the keys of the temple, Jeremiah went outside the city andthrew them away in the presence of the sun, saying: I say to you, Sun, take the keys of the temple of God and guard them until the day in which the Lord asks you for them. 4.5. For we have not been found worthy to keep them, for we have become unfaithful guardians. |
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