28. This was the same man who had just entered the treasury with a large group of men and a full bodyguard. Now they carried him away helpless, despite his weapons, and they publicly acknowledged God’s power.
29. While he was being cut down and left speechless through the divine power and deprived of all hope of recovery,
30. the people were praising the Lord for acting miraculously on behalf of his holy place. And the temple, which had been weighed down with fear and disturbance a short time earlier, was now filled with delight and joy because the almighty Lord had publicly appeared.
31. Some of Heliodorus’ companions rushed to ask Onias to pray to the Most High to give life to the one who was about to draw his last breath.
32. The high priest, fearful that perhaps the king might think that the Jews had done something evil to Heliodorus, offered a sacrifice for the man’s recovery.
33. While the high priest was making the sacrifice for reconciliation, the same two young men, dressed in the same clothing, appeared again to Heliodorus. They stood by him and said, "You owe Onias the high priest your gratitude. Because of him the Lord has graciously given life to you.
34. But you who suffered a beating from heaven must proclaim the great power of God to all." Once they said these things, they disappeared.