3 Maccabees 1:14

14 And someone said (without thinking) that he was wrong to speak of this as a sign.

3 Maccabees 1:14 In-Context

12 Even after the law was read to him, he continued to claim that it was necessary for him to enter, saying, "Even if those persons are denied this honor, I shouldn't be."

13 He asked why, when he was entering every other sacred place, none of those present prevented him.

14 And someone said (without thinking) that he was wrong to speak of this as a sign.

15 "But even if for some reason this were true," Philopator replied, "why should I, of all people, not enter, whether they are willing or not?"

16 But the priests fell to the ground, still in their sacred robes. They filled the temple with crying and tears, praying to the supreme God to help them and to change the mind of the one who was wrongly imposing himself.