4 Maccabees 10:13

13 "Don't show the same craziness as your brothers. Obey the king and save yourself!"

4 Maccabees 10:13 In-Context

11 But you will endure endless torture because of your lack of respect for God and your cruel thirst for blood!"

12 After he died like a true brother, they dragged the fourth one forward. They said,

13 "Don't show the same craziness as your brothers. Obey the king and save yourself!"

14 He replied, "You don't have a fire hot enough to turn me into a coward.

15 I swear by the privileged deaths my brothers have suffered, by the eternal curse that will come on the tyrant, and by the everlasting life of those who love God: I will not deny my ties with my dignified brothers!