2 Maccabees 11:33-35

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³³ Farewell. The one hundred and forty-eighth year,^[a] the fifteenth of Xanthicus.’

³⁴ The Romans also sent them a letter, which read thus:

‘Quintus Memmius and Titus Manius, envoys of the Romans, to the people of the Jews, greetings. ³⁵ With regard to what Lysias the kinsman of the king has granted you, we also give consent.