15 “Well, since I have done this,” said he, “be the cause what it may, shall I not enter with or without your consent?” (WEB) 16 When the priests fell down in their sacred vestments imploring the Greatest God to come and help in time of need, and to avert the violence of the fierce aggressor, and when they filled the temple with lamentations and tears, (WEB) 17 then those who had been left behind in the city were scared, and rushed out, uncertain of the event. (WEB)
3 Maccabees 1:15–17
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