2 Maccabees 14:38-40

New Catholic Bible

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, ⁴⁰ for he thought that by such an action he would deliver a severe blow to the Jews.