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Instead, all of them rushed to face death by torture, as if they were running a race toward immortality.
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They were like our hands and feet that move together in harmony, led by the mind. So also these holy boys moved together in harmony toward death as if they were moved by the spirit of respect for God that lasts forever. They were moved to make an agreement with death for the sake of that life.
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How holy was this group of seven, these brothers in harmony! They were like the seven days of creation that danced together around the godly way of life.
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So also these boys surrounded and destroyed their fear of torture when they danced in a circle of seven.
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Now we tremble when we hear about the trials of these young men. They not only saw what was going on but heard the threats directed against them and had to bear the suffering, and this included the pain of being burned by fire.