3 Maccabees 4:20
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
They said, and proved, that paper and pens had failed them for the carrying out of their purpose.
Greek · Brenton
λεγόντων μετὰ ἀποδείξεως, καὶ τὴν χαρτηρίαν ἤδη καὶ τοὺς γραφικοὺς καλάμους ἐν οἷς ἐχρῶντο ἐκλελοιπέναι.