1 Maccabees 2:33DRA
Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 33 of 70
"And they said to them: Do you still resist? come forth, and do according to the edict of king Antiochus, and you shall live."
In context
31And it was told to the king’s men, and to the army that was in Jerusalem in the city of David, that certain men who had broken the king’s commandment, were gone away into the secret places in the wilderness, and that many were gone after them.
32And forthwith they went out towards them, and made war against them on the sabbath day,
33And they said to them: Do you still resist? come forth, and do according to the edict of king Antiochus, and you shall live.
34And they said: We will not come forth, neither will we obey the king’s edict, to profane the sabbath day.
35And they made haste to give them battle.