2 and flouted by the threats of the tyrant, and overwhelmed with the breakers of torture, (WEB)
4 Maccabees 7:2
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4 Maccabees 6:20–22
20 It would be disgraceful if we would live on some short time, and that scorned by all men for cowardice, (WEB) 21 and be condemned by the tyrant for cowardice by not contending to the death for our divine law. (WEB) 22 Therefore you, O children of Abraham, die nobly for your reli… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 6:8–10
8 Then one of the harsh spearbearers rushed at him and began to kick him in the side to force him to get up again after he fell. (WEB) 9 But he endured the pains, despised the cruelty, and persevered through the indignities. (WEB) 10 Like a noble athlete, the old man, when struck… (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)
4 Maccabees 15:31–32
31 For like Noah’s ship, bearing the world in the world-filling flood, bore up against the waves, (WEB) 32 so you, the guardian of the law, when surrounded on every side by the flood of emotions, and assaulted by violent storms which were the torments of your children, bo… (WEB)
2 Corinthians 4:8–10
8 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
4 Maccabees 17:16–18
16 Who didn’t admire those champions of true legislation? Who were not amazed? (WEB) 17 The tyrant himself, and all their council, admired their endurance, (WEB) 18 through which, they also now stand beside the divine throne and live a blessed life. (WEB)
Epistle to Diognetus 7:6–8
6 For He will send Him in judgment, and who shall endure His presence? ... (DIO) 7 [Dost thou not see] them thrown to wild beasts that so they may deny the Lord, and yet not overcome? (DIO) 8 Dost thou not see that the more of them are punished, just so many others abound? (DIO)
4 Maccabees 9:31–32
31 For I lighten my suffering by the pleasures which are connected with virtue. (WEB) 32 But you are tortured with threatenings for impiety. You won’t escape, most corrupt tyrant, the vengeance of Divine wrath.” (WEB)
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