Apocrypha · 2 Maccabees 5:2–3
Horsemen running in the air
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Through all the city, for the space almost of forty days, there were seen horsemen running in the air, in cloth of gold, and armed with lances, like a band of soldiers… and glittering of golden ornaments, and harness of all sorts.
Translation: KJV Apocrypha
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Read it literally
A mass sighting over a whole city for more than a month, recorded by a historian a generation later. Formation flying.
What scholars say
A historical book with miracle stories; the date is close to the events.
