2 Maccabees 15:1-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

15 But when Nicanor understood that Judas was in the places of Samaria, he purposed to set upon him with all violence on the sabbath day.

² And when the Jews that were constrained to follow him, said: Do not act so fiercely and barbarously, but give honour to the day that is sanctified: and reverence him that beholdeth all things:

³ That unhappy man asked, if there were a mighty One in heaven, that had commanded the sabbath day to be kept.

⁴ And when they answered: There is the living Lord himself in heaven, the mighty One, that commanded the seventh day to be kept,