2 Maccabees 14:37-39

New Catholic Bible

³⁷ The Voluntary Sacrifice of Razis.^[a] A man named Razis, one of the elders of Jerusalem, was denounced to Nicanor. He deeply loved his compatriots and was highly esteemed by them, and he was known as the father of the Jews because of his loyalty. ³⁸ In the early days of the revolt, he had been convicted of practicing Judaism and had risked unhesitatingly both life and limb in that cause. ³⁹ Nicanor, in his determination to demonstrate his contempt for the Jews, sent more than five hundred soldiers to arrest him,