3 ²⁹ While he lay prostrate, speechless because of the divine intervention and deprived of any hope of recovery, 3 ³⁰ they praised the Lord who had acted marvelously for his own place. And the temple, which a little while before was full of fear and disturbance, was filled with joy and gladness, now that the Almighty Lord had appeared.

3 ³¹ Quickly some of Heliodourus' friends asked Onias to call upon the Most High and to grant life to one who was lying quite at his last breath. 3 ³² And the high priest, fearing that the king might get the notion that some foul play had been perpetrated by the Jews with regard to Heliodourus, offered sacrifice for the man's recovery. 3 ³³ While the high priest was making the offering of atonement, the same young men appeared again to Heliodourus dressed in the same clothing, and they stood and said, "Be very grateful to Onias the high priest, since for his sake the Lord has granted you your life. 3 ³⁴ And see that you, who have been scourged by heaven, report to all men the majestic power of God." Having said this they vanished.