1 Maccabees 2:37

37 They said, "We will all die with a clear conscience. Let heaven and earth bear witness that you are slaughtering us unjustly."

1 Maccabees 2:37 In-Context

35 The soldiers attacked them immediately,

36 but the Jews did nothing to resist; they did not even throw stones or block the entrances to the caves where they were hiding.

37 They said, "We will all die with a clear conscience. Let heaven and earth bear witness that you are slaughtering us unjustly."

38 So the enemy attacked them on the Sabbath and killed the men, their wives, their children, and their livestock. A thousand people died.

39 When Mattathias and his friends heard the news about this, they were greatly saddened