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The Third Book of MaccabeesΜΑΚΚΑΒΑΙΩΝ Γ′

A six-tier Greek reverse-interlinear of all seven chapters of the Septuagint text: each word color-coded by grammatical case, with gloss, parsing, Wallace-style syntax, aspectual semantic force, and a lexical note; each verse opens with the running Greek, an English translation, and a discourse note, under a chapter argument-outline.

228 verses · 5,110 annotated words · seven chapters. The Greek follows the standard critical text of the Septuagint (Rahlfs–Hanhart in its main wording, itself an ancient, public-domain text); the distinctively copyrighted apparatus is not reproduced. Versification follows the LXX.

Companion summary Themes, outlines & translation notes Every chapter's theme and argument outline, the textual notes, and a table of the major exegetical cruxes.
  1. 1 3 Maccabees 1 Α′ Philopator's curiosity hardens into sacrilegious pressure against Jerusalem, and the whole city answers with lament and prayer. 29 verses · 652 words PDF
  2. 2 3 Maccabees 2 Β′ Simon's intercession is answered by immediate divine judgment, but the humbled king returns to Egypt still bent on persecution. 33 verses · 707 words PDF
  3. 3 3 Maccabees 3 Γ′ Philopator's resentment hardens into a polished imperial program of anti-Jewish persecution. 30 verses · 679 words PDF
  4. 4 3 Maccabees 4 Δ′ The edict spreads humiliation and panic across Egypt, but even the machinery of annihilation begins to fail. 21 verses · 549 words PDF
  5. 5 3 Maccabees 5 Ε′ The planned spectacle of slaughter collapses again and again as heaven frustrates the king's decree at the brink. 51 verses · 1078 words PDF
  6. 6 3 Maccabees 6 Ϛ′ This chapter centers on Eleazar's prayer, the heavenly reversal of Ptolemy's murderous plan, the king's repentance, and the institution of a joyful commemoration of the Jews' deliverance. 41 verses · 896 words PDF
  7. 7 3 Maccabees 7 Ζ′ Philopator reverses course, the faithful celebrate deliverance, and the memory of rescue is fixed in communal time. 23 verses · 549 words PDF