2 Maccabees 15:12-14

Good News Translation

¹² He told them that he had seen a vision of Onias, the former High Priest, that great and wonderful man of humble and gentle disposition, who was an outstanding orator and who had been taught from childhood how to live a virtuous life. With outstretched arms Onias was praying for the entire Jewish nation. ¹³ Judas then saw an impressive white-haired man of great dignity and authority. ¹⁴ Onias said: