For there were letters written to the Jews from Lysias to this effect: Lysias to the people of the Jews sends greeting:
LXX
2 Maccabees 11:16
For there were letters written unto the Jews from Lysias to this effect: Lysias unto the people of the Jews [sendeth] greeting:
Parallel Translations
For there were letters written unto the Jews from Lysias to this effect: Lysias unto the people of the Jews sendeth greeting:
The letter written to the Jews from Lysias was to this effect: “Lysias to the people of the Jews, greetings.