2 Maccabees 14:38-40

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³⁸ This man, for a long time, had held fast his purpose of keeping himself pure in the Jews' religion, and was ready to expose his body and life, that he might persevere therein.

³⁹ So Nicanor being willing to declare the hatred that he bore the Jews, sent five hundred soldiers to take him.

⁴⁰ For he thought by insnaring him to hurt the Jews very much.