2 Maccabees 3:26-28

New Catholic Bible

²⁶ Then two young men, remarkably strong, strikingly beautiful, and magnificently attired, also appeared before him. Taking their stand on either side of him, they flogged him unremittingly, inflicting numerous blows on him.

²⁷ Suddenly he fell to the ground, enveloped in a great darkness. His men picked him up and laid him on a stretcher. ²⁸ This man, who but a moment previously had entered the treasury with a great retinue and his entire bodyguard, now was carried away utterly helpless, and those under his command openly acknowledged the sovereign power of God.