4 Maccabees 12:15

15 Then because he too was about to die, he said,

4 Maccabees 12:15 In-Context

13 As a man, were you not ashamed, you most savage beast, to cut out the tongues of men who have feelings like yours and are made of the same elements as you, and to maltreat and torture them in this way?

14 Surely they by dying nobly fulfilled their service to God, but you will wail bitterly for having killed without cause the contestants for virtue."

15 Then because he too was about to die, he said,

16 "I do not desert the excellent example of my brothers,

17 and I call on the God of our ancestors to be merciful to our nation;