4 Maccabees 11:13

The sixth brother’s torture and response

13 After he had died, the sixth brother, still just a boy, was brought forward. The tyrant asked him if he was willing to eat pork and so be set free.

4 Maccabees 11:13 In-Context

11 gasping for air and racked by pain in his body,

12 he said: "Tyrant, you are doing us a huge favor without intending to, because you are giving us the chance to show our firm commitment to the Law through this honorable suffering."

13 After he had died, the sixth brother, still just a boy, was brought forward. The tyrant asked him if he was willing to eat pork and so be set free.

14 He replied, "I may be younger than my brothers in age, but I'm their equal in understanding.

15 We were born and raised to live by these principles, so we should die together for their sake.