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Chapter 6: The Spirit of the Martyrs – 2 Maccabees

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Noble Judas exhorted his people to keep themselves from such sin, since they had witnessed its consequences with their own eyes. Then, mindful as he was of the coming resurrection, he collected an offering from them on behalf of their fallen brethren which totaled more than two thousand drachma in silver, and he sent it off to Jerusalem as a sin offering. He knew that the fallen will be raised, otherwise his efforts on behalf of the dead were in vain. 14 He remembered the reward that awaits those who lived blamelessly in this life. Therefore, he made atonement for the dead so their sin might be forgiven.

14 Compare 1 Cor 15:14.