15 But you will groan as you deserve for having slain without cause the champions of virtue. (WEB) 16 Therefore,” he continued, “I myself, being about to die, (WEB) 17 will not forsake my kindred. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 12:15–17
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4 Maccabees 10:10–12
10 “We, O accursed tyrant, suffer this for the sake of Divine education and virtue. (WEB) 11 But you, for your impiety and blood shedding, will endure unceasing torments.” (WEB) 12 Thus having died worthily of his kindred, they dragged forward the fourth, saying, (WEB)
Odes of Solomon 42:22–24
22 And bring us out from the bonds of darkness: and open to us the door by which we shall come out to thee. (ODE) 23 For we see that our death has not touched thee. (ODE) 24 Let us also be redeemed with thee: for thou art our Redeemer. (ODE)
4 Maccabees 6:20–22
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Book of Jubilees 36:10–12
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2 Corinthians 7:2–4
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1 Maccabees 10:4–6
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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)
2 Maccabees 7:37–39
37 But I, as my brothers, give up both body and soul for the laws of our fathers, calling upon God that he may speedily become gracious to the nation, and that you, amidst trials and plagues, may confess that he alone is God, (WEB) 38 and that in me and my brothers you ma… (WEB)
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