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35. γυναῖκες. The woman of Sarepta (1Ki 17:22), the Shunamite (2Ki 4:32-36).
ἐξ ἀναστάσεως. Lit., “by resurrection.”
ἐτυμπανίσθησαν. Josephus calls the instrument of torture τροχός. The word means technically, “were broken on the wheel,” and the special reference may be to 2Ma 6:18-30; 2Ma 6:7, where the word is used to describe the tortures of Eleazar the Scribe, and of the Seven Brothers.
τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν. “The deliverance offered them” (2Ma 6:20-21; 2Ma 7:24).
κρείττονος. Not a mere resurrection to earthly life, like the children of the women mentioned, but “an everlasting reawakening to life” (2Ma 7:9 and passim).