2 Maccabees 15:12
“But if anyone should ask whether this vision can be related to some ministry, this, unless I am mistaken, can be understood from the fact that the priest Onias signifies the priestly order; and Jeremiah the prophet, whose name is interpreted "the Exalted of the Lord," represents the Lord himself and the head of the pr…”
12And this was his vision: That Onias, who had been high priest, a virtuous and a good man, reverend in conversation, gentle in condition, well spoken also, and exercised from a child in all points of virtue, holding up his hands prayed for the whole body of the Jews.
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10And when he had stirred up their minds, he gave them their charge, shewing them therewithall the falsehood of the heathen, and the breach of oaths.
11Thus he armed every one of them, not so much with defence of shields and spears, as with comfortable and good words: and beside that, he told them a dream worthy to be believed, as if it had been so indeed, which did not a little rejoice them.
— 2 Maccabees 15:12 —
13This done, in like manner there appeared a man with gray hairs, and exceeding glorious, who was of a wonderful and excellent majesty.
14Then Onias answered, saying, This is a lover of the brethren, who prayeth much for the people, and for the holy city, to wit, Jeremias the prophet of God.