2 Maccabees 7:12

12 The king and those with him were amazed at his courage and at his willingness to suffer.

2 Maccabees 7:12 In-Context

10 The soldiers began entertaining themselves with the third brother. When he was ordered to stick out his tongue, he quickly did so. Then he bravely held out his hands

11 and courageously said, "God gave these to me. But his laws mean more to me than my hands, and I know God will give them back to me again."

12 The king and those with him were amazed at his courage and at his willingness to suffer.

13 After he had died, the soldiers tortured the fourth one in the same cruel way,

14 but his final words were, "I am glad to die at your hands, because we have the assurance that God will raise us from death. But there will be no resurrection to life for you, Antiochus!"