4 Maccabees 8:26

²⁶ But the young men didn’t say or think anything of this kind when about to be tortured. (WEB)

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4 Maccabees 7:23–25

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4 Maccabees 14:8–10

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4 Maccabees 9:26–28

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4 Maccabees 9:15–17

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2 Maccabees 7:7–9

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4 Maccabees 12:13–15

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4 Maccabees 13:17–19

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