2 Maccabees 12:43-45

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴³ And making a gathering, he sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered for the sins of the dead, thinking well and religiously concerning the resurrection,

⁴⁴ (For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,)

⁴⁵ And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them.