This ungracious Jason sent special messengers from Jerusalem, who were Antiochians, to carry three hundred drachms of silver to the sacrifice of Hercules, which even the bearers thereof thought fit not to bestow upon the sacrifice, because it was not convenient, but to be reserved for other charges.
the wretched Jason sent representatives from Jerusalem, registered as citizens of Antioch, to bring three hundred silver drachmas as an offering to Hercules, though even the men carrying it thought it improper to spend it that way and decided it should go toward other expenses.
