3 Maccabees 1:23

23 They shouted to their compatriots to take arms and die courageously for the ancestral law, and created a considerable disturbance in the holy place; ^[a] and being barely restrained by the old men and the elders, ^[b] they resorted to the same posture of supplication as the others.

3 Maccabees 1:23 In-Context

21 Various were the supplications of those gathered there because of what the king was profanely plotting.

22 In addition, the bolder of the citizens would not tolerate the completion of his plans or the fulfillment of his intended purpose.

23 They shouted to their compatriots to take arms and die courageously for the ancestral law, and created a considerable disturbance in the holy place; and being barely restrained by the old men and the elders, they resorted to the same posture of supplication as the others.

24 Meanwhile the crowd, as before, was engaged in prayer,

25 while the elders near the king tried in various ways to change his arrogant mind from the plan that he had conceived.

Footnotes

• [a] Gk [the place]
• [b] Other ancient authorities read [priests]