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There they burned him with maliciously contrived instruments, threw him down, and poured stinking liquids into his nostrils.
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When he was now burned to his very bones and about to expire, he lifted up his eyes to God and said,
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"You know, O God, that though I might have saved myself, I am dying in burning torments for the sake of the law.
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Be merciful to your people, and let our punishment suffice for them.
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Make my blood their purification, and take my life in exchange for theirs."