The third does not hold a place in the Apocrypha, but is read in the [[Greek Church]].<ref name="m"/> Its design is to comfort the Alexandrian Jews in their persecution.<ref name="m"/> Its writer was evidently an Alexandrian Jew.<ref name="m"/> | The third does not hold a place in the Apocrypha, but is read in the [[Greek Church]].<ref name="m"/> Its design is to comfort the Alexandrian Jews in their persecution.<ref name="m"/> Its writer was evidently an Alexandrian Jew.<ref name="m"/> |