4 Maccabees 4:10-12

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¹⁰ and while Apollonius was going up with his armed forces to seize the money, angels on horseback with lightning flashing from their weapons appeared from heaven, instilling in them great fear and trembling.^{(A) 11} Then Apollonius fell down half-dead in the temple area that was open to all, stretched out his hands toward heaven, and with tears begged the Hebrews to pray for him and propitiate the wrath of the heavenly army.^{(B) 12} For he said that he had committed a sin deserving of death and that if he were spared he would praise the blessedness of the holy place before all people.^(C)