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To his back they applied sharp spits that had been heated in the fire, and pierced his ribs so that his entrails were burned through.
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While being tortured he said, "O contest befitting holiness, in which so many of us brothers have been summoned to an arena of sufferings for religion, and in which we have not been defeated!
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For religious knowledge, O tyrant, is invincible.
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I also, equipped with nobility, will die with my brothers,
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and I myself will bring a great avenger upon you, you inventor of tortures and enemy of those who are truly devout.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.