7 Not being able by any means to strangle him, they tore off his skin, together with the extreme tips of his fingers, and then dragged him to the wheel, (WEB) 8 around which his vertebral joints were loosened, and he saw his own flesh torn to shreds, and streams of blood flowing from his entrails. (WEB) 9 When about to die, he said, (WEB)
4 Maccabees 10:7–9
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4 Maccabees 11:10–12
10 to which binding him at his knees, and fastening them with iron fetters, they bent down his loins upon the wedge of the wheel; and his body was then dismembered, scorpion-fashion. (WEB) 11 With his breath thus confined, and his body strangled, he said, (WEB) 12 “A great favor yo… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 9:27–29
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4 Maccabees 6:5–7
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2 Maccabees 14:45–46
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4 Maccabees 11:17–19
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4 Maccabees 6:25–27
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4 Maccabees 9:11–13
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2 Maccabees 6:18–20
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