3 Maccabees 5:14
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
The middle of the tenth hour had well nigh arrived, when the master-bidder, seeing the guests who were bidden collected, came and shook the king.
Greek · Brenton
Μεσούσης δὲ ἤδη τῆς δεκάτης ὥρας σχεδὸν, ὁ πρὸς ταῖς κλήσεσι τεταγμένος, ἀθρόους τοὺς κλητοὺς ἰδὼν, ἔνυξε προσελθὼν τὸν βασιλέα.