29 When they changed the good will they bore toward him a little before into ill will because these words of his were, as they thought, sheer madness, (WEB) 30 and when he was at the point to die with the blows, he groaned aloud and said, “To the Lord, who has the holy knowledge, it is manifest that, while I might have been delivered from death, I endure severe pains in my body by being scourged; but in soul I gladly suffer these things because of my fear of him.” (WEB) 31 So this man also died like this, leaving his death for an example of nobleness and a memorial of virtue, not only to the young but also to the great body of his nation. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 6:29–31
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4 Maccabees 6:29–31
29 Let my blood be a purification for them, and take my life in exchange for theirs.” (WEB) 30 Thus speaking, the holy man departed, noble in his torments, and even to the agonies of death resisted in his reasoning for the sake of the law. (WEB) 31 Confessedly, therefore, religious… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 9:21–23
21 Although the framework of his bones was now destroyed, the high-minded and Abrahamic youth didn’t groan. (WEB) 22 But, as though transformed by fire into immortality, he nobly endured the rackings, saying, (WEB) 23 “Imitate me, O kindred. Never desert your station, nor renounce… (WEB)
2 Maccabees 7:39–41
39 But the king, falling into a rage, handled him worse than all the rest, being exasperated at his mocking. (WEB) 40 So he also died pure, putting his whole trust in the Lord. (WEB) 41 Last of all, after her sons, the mother died. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 6:22–24
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2 Maccabees 6:18–20
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2 Maccabees 7:13–15
13 When he too was dead, they shamefully handled and tortured the fourth in the same way. (WEB) 14 Being near to death he said this: “It is good to die at the hands of men and look for the hope which is given by God, that we will be raised up again by him. For as for you,… (WEB)
2 Maccabees 7:8–10
8 But he answered in the language of his ancestors and said to them, “No.” Therefore he also underwent the next torture in succession, as the first had done. (WEB) 9 When he was at the last gasp, he said, “You, miscreant, release us out of this present life, but the Kin… (WEB)
2 Maccabees 14:41–43
41 But when the troops were at the point of taking the tower, and were forcing the door of the court, and asked for fire to burn the doors, he, being surrounded on every side, fell upon his sword, (WEB) 42 choosing rather to die nobly than to fall into the hands of the wi… (WEB)
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