3 Maccabees 1:15

¹³And he put the question, Why, when he entered all temples, none of the priests who were present forbade him?

¹⁴He was thoughtlessly answered by someone, That he did wrong to boast of this.

— 3 Maccabees 1:15 —

¹⁶And when the priests fell down in their sacred vestments imploring the Greatest God to come and help in time of need, and to avert the violence of the fierce aggressor, and when they filled the temple with lamentations and tears,

¹⁷then those who had been left behind in the city were scared, and rushed forth, uncertain of the event.