2 Maccabees 12:44
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
for if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.
Greek · Brenton
εἰ γὰρ μὴ τοὺς προπεπτωκότας ἀναστῆναι προσεδόκα, περισσὸν ἂν ἦν καὶ ληρῶδες ὑπὲρ νεκρῶν προσεύχεσθαι·