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Jesus the new Judas Maccabeus

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Judas Maccabeus

Jesus

Cleansed the Temple

from the Greek idolatry (2 Mac 10:1-2)

from the Jewish traders (Mt 21:12)

People used palm branches as a sign of victory

branches raised up for the purification of the Temple by Judas (2 Mac 10:7)

branches spread out on the ground during Jesus's triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Mt 21:8)


  • Cleansed the Temple: Judas from the Greek idolatry (2 Mac 10:1-2); Jesus from the Jewish traders (Mt 21:12)

  • People used palm branches as a sign of victory: branches raised up for the purification of the Temple by Judas (2 Mac 10:7): branches spread out on the ground during Jesus's triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Mt 21:8)

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