2 Maccabees 14:37-39

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³⁷ Now Razias, one of the ancients of Jerusalem, was accused to Nicanor, a man that was a lover of the city, and of good report, who for his affection was called the father of the Jews.

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.