1 Maccabees 8:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ Alliance with Rome. Therefore, Judas chose Eupolemus, son of John, son of Accos, and Jason, son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome to make a treaty of friendship and alliance, ¹⁸ in the hope that in this way they would escape the yoke, for they could clearly see that the kingdom of the Greeks was reducing Israel to a state of slavery. ¹⁹ Following a very lengthy journey to Rome, the envoys entered the senate chamber and spoke these words: