12 Nor did she divert any of them from death, nor grieve for them as for the dead. (WEB) 13 But as one possessed with an adamant mind, and as one bringing forth again her full number of sons to immortality, she rather urged them to death on behalf of religion. (WEB) 14 O woman, soldier of God for religion, you, aged and a female, have conquered through endurance even a tyrant; and even though weak, have been found more powerful in deeds and words. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 16:12–14
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4 Maccabees 17:1–3
1 Some of the spearbearers said that when she herself was about to be seized for the purpose of being put to death, she threw herself on the pile, rather than let them touch her body. (WEB) 2 O you mother, who together with seven children destroyed the violence of the t… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 16:1–2
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4 Maccabees 15:11–13
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4 Maccabees 15:29–31
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2 Maccabees 7:20–22
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4 Maccabees 17:9–11
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4 Maccabees 12:13–15
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4 Maccabees 15:7–9
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