12 Thus having died worthily of his kindred, they dragged forward the fourth, saying, (WEB) 13 “Don’t share the madness of your kindred, but respect the king and save yourself.” (WEB) 14 But he said to them, “You don’t have a fire so scorching as to make me play the coward. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 10:12–14
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4 Maccabees 13:17–19
17 If we suffer like this, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will receive us, and all the fathers will commend us. (WEB) 18 As each one of the kindred was hauled away, the rest exclaimed, “Don’t disgrace us, O brother, nor falsify those who died before you!” (WEB) 19 Now you are not ignora… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 12:3–5
3 seeing him already encompassed with chains, had him brought nearer, and endeavored to counsel him, saying, (WEB) 4 “You see the end of the madness of your kindred, for they have died in torture through disobedience. You, if disobedient, having been miserably tormented… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 9:1–2
1 “Why do you delay, O tyrant? For we are more ready to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers. (WEB) 2 We would be disgracing our fathers if we didn’t obey the law, and take knowledge for our guide. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 7:16–18
16 But he looked toward the king and said, “Because you have authority among men, though you are corruptible, you do what you please. But don’t think that our race has been forsaken by God. (WEB) 17 But hold on to your ways, and see how his sovereign majesty will torture… (WEB) 18 … (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)
Wisdom of Solomon 2:19–21
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2 Maccabees 7:28–30
28 I beg you, my child, to lift your eyes to the sky and the earth, and to see all things that are in it, and thus to recognize that God made them not of things that were, and that the race of men in this way comes into being. (WEB) 29 Don’t be afraid of this butcher, but… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 5:36–38
36 Mouth! You shall not pollute my old age, nor the full stature of a perfect life. (WEB) 37 My ancestors will receive me as pure, not having feared your compulsion, even to death. (WEB) 38 For you will rule like a tyrant over the ungodly, but you will not lord it over my thoughts… (WEB)
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