This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation 2 Maccabees 6:6 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition6 Neither was it lawful for a man to keep sabbath days or ancient feasts, or to profess himself at all to be a Jew. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible6 It was impossible to keep the Sabbath or the ancestral festivals, or even simply to profess to be a Jew. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version6 And also the sabbaths were not kept, and the solemn days of the fathers were not observed, neither did anyone simply confess himself to be a Jew. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version6 And neither were the sabbaths kept, nor the solemn days of the fathers observed, neither did any man plainly profess himself to be a Jew. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)6 It was impossible to observe the Sabbath, to celebrate any of the traditional festivals, or even so much as to admit to being a Jew. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers6 A man could neither keep the Sabbath, nor observe the feasts of their ancestors, nor so much as confess himself to be a Jew. See the chapter |