2 Maccabees 2:24
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For considering the infinite number, and the difficulty which they find that desire to look into the narrations of the story, for the variety of the matter,
Greek · Brenton
Συνορῶντες γὰρ τὸ χύμα τῶν ἀριθμῶν, καὶ τὴν οὖσαν δυσχέρειαν τοῖς θέλουσιν εἰσκυκλεῖσθαι τοῖς τῆς ἱστορίας διηγήμασι διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς ὕλης,