3 Maccabees 5:27
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
The king, receiving him, was astonished at his unwonted exit; and, overwhelmed with a spirit of oblivion about everything, enquired the object of this earnest preparation.
Greek · Brenton
Τοῦ δὲ ἀποδεξαμένου καὶ καταπλαγέντος ἐπὶ τῇ παρανόμῳ ἐξόδῳ, κατὰ πᾶν ἀγνωσίᾳ κεκρατημένος ἐπυνθάνετο, τί τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐφʼ οὗ τοῦτο αὐτῳ μετὰ σπουδῆς τετέλεσται.