4 Maccabees 11:25

25 You haven't been able to make us change our minds or to force us to eat polluting food. Isn't this a sign that your rule of tyranny is over?

4 Maccabees 11:25 In-Context

23 I myself will call for an avenger to come against you. You invent new ways to torture people, and you are an enemy of those who are truly devout!

24 The six of us boys have brought your tyranny to an end.

25 You haven't been able to make us change our minds or to force us to eat polluting food. Isn't this a sign that your rule of tyranny is over?

26 Your hot fires feel cold to us; your catapults are painless; your violence has no real power.

27 The guards of the divine Law are set over us, not the guards of a tyrant. Because of this, our clear thinking remains undefeated."