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And you, guards of the tyrant, why do you delay?"
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When they saw that he was so courageous in the face of the afflictions, and that he had not been changed by their compassion, the guards brought him to the fire.
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There they burned him with maliciously contrived instruments, threw him down, and poured stinking liquids into his nostrils.
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When he was now burned to his very bones and about to expire, he lifted up his eyes to God and said,
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"You know, O God, that though I might have saved myself, I am dying in burning torments for the sake of the law.
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.