2 Maccabees 7:13

13 After he too had died, they maltreated and tortured the fourth in the same way.

2 Maccabees 7:13 In-Context

11 and said nobly, "I got these from Heaven, and because of his laws I disdain them, and from him I hope to get them back again."

12 As a result the king himself and those with him were astonished at the young man's spirit, for he regarded his sufferings as nothing.

13 After he too had died, they maltreated and tortured the fourth in the same way.

14 When he was near death, he said, "One cannot but choose to die at the hands of mortals and to cherish the hope God gives of being raised again by him. But for you there will be no resurrection to life!"

15 Next they brought forward the fifth and maltreated him.