spitting it out as all ought to go who have the courage to refuse things that it is not right to taste, even for the natural love of life.

Razis Dies for His Country

A certain Razis, one of the elders of Jerusalem, was denounced to Nicanor as a man who loved his compatriots and was very well thought of and for his goodwill was called father of the Jews.

And Onias spoke, saying, “This is a man who loves the family of Israel and prays much for the people and the holy city: Jeremiah, the prophet of God.”