2 O you mother, who together with seven children destroyed the violence of the tyrant, and rendered void his wicked intentions, and exhibited the nobleness of faith! (WEB)
4 Maccabees 17:2
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2 Maccabees 7:19–21
19 but don’t think that you will be unpunished, having tried to fight against God!” (WEB) 20 But above all, the mother was marvelous and worthy of honorable memory; for when she watched seven sons perishing within the space of one day, she bore the sight with a good coura… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 15:23–25
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4 Maccabees 16:13–15
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 endura… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 15:16–18
16 O you mother, who was tried at this time with bitterer pangs than those at birth! (WEB) 17 O you only woman who have produced perfect holiness! (WEB) 18 Your firstborn, expiring, didn’t turn you, nor the second, looking miserable in his torments, nor the third, breathing out his… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 10:15–17
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4 Maccabees 15:28–30
28 But this daughter of Abraham remembered his holy fortitude. (WEB) 29 O holy mother of a nation, avenger of the law, defender of religion, and prime bearer in the battle of the affections! (WEB) 30 O you nobler in endurance than males, and more courageous than men in perseverance! (WEB)
4 Maccabees 14:11–13
11 Don’t think it wonderful that reasoning ruled over those men in their torments, when even a woman’s mind despised more manifold pains. (WEB) 12 For the mother of those seven youths endured the rackings of each of her children. (WEB) 13 Consider how comprehensive is the love of o… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 18:6–8
6 then, departing from Jerusalem, he made war against the Persians. (WEB) 7 The righteous mother of the seven children spoke also as follows to her offspring: “I was a pure virgin, and didn’t go beyond my father’s house, but I took care of the rib from which woman was m… (WEB)
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