34. Then he left, and immediately the priests raised their arms towards heaven and prayed to God, the faithful Defender of our nation:
35. “Lord, you are in need of nothing, yet it has pleased you to place your Temple here and to live among us.
36. You alone are holy, and your Temple has only recently been purified, so now protect its holiness for ever.”
37. One of the leaders in Jerusalem, a man by the name of Razis, was denounced to Nicanor. It was said that he had helped his people in many ways and was so highly respected by them that he was known as “the Father of the Jews.”
38. During the early days of the revolution he had risked his life for Judaism and had been brought to trial because of his loyalty.
39. Wishing to show clearly how much he disliked the Jews, Nicanor sent more than 500 soldiers to arrest Razis,
40. because he thought his arrest would be a crippling blow to the Jews.