1 Maccabees 12:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And they went unto Rome, and entered into the senate house, and said, Jonathan the high priest, and the nation of the Jews, have sent us, to renew for them the friendship and the confederacy, as in former time. More versionsCommon English Bible The envoys went to Rome and entered the senate chamber. They said, “Jonathan the high priest and the Jewish nation have sent us to renew our former friendship and alliance.” Catholic Public Domain Version And they went to Rome and entered into the senate house, and they said, "Jonathan, the high priest, and the nation of the Jews, have sent us to renew the peace and alliance, as it was before." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they went to Rome, and entered into the senate house, and said: Jonathan the high priest, and the nation of the Jews have sent us to renew the amity, and alliance as it was before. Good News Translation (US Version) The ambassadors went to Rome, where they were admitted to the Senate chamber, and reported that the High Priest Jonathan and the Jewish nation had sent them to renew the earlier ties of friendship and alliance with Rome. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers They went to Rome, entered into the senate house, and said, “Jonathan the high priest and the nation of the Jews have sent us to renew for them the friendship and the alliance, as in former time.” Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition When the messengers arrived in Rome, they met with the Roman senators and said, “Jonathan the high priest and the Jewish people have sent us here to renew our friendship with Rome and to make sure we remain allies.” |