23 “Imitate me, O kindred. Never desert your station, nor renounce my brotherhood in courage. Fight the holy and honorable fight of religion, (WEB) 24 by which means our just and paternal Providence, becoming merciful to the nation, will punish the pestilent tyrant.” (WEB) 25 Saying this, the revered youth abruptly closed his life. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 9:23–25
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