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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."
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The king and those with him were amazed at his courage and at his willingness to suffer.
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After he had died, the soldiers tortured the fourth one in the same cruel way,
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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!"
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When the soldiers took the fifth boy and began torturing him,
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.