Mattatias kills a Jew who wanted to offer a sacrifice on the altar in Modein in accordance with the king's command, and the king's envoy. Thus he showed his devotion to the law of God. Below the depiction a reference in Latin to the Bible text in 1 Macc. 2. Mattatias kills a Jew and an envoy of the king History of the Maccabees Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti , print maker: Johannes Wierix, Gerard van Groeningen, publisher: Gerard de Jode, Antwerp, 1579, paper, engraving, h 203 mm × w 288 mm

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