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4 Maccabees
4 Maccabees 11
4 Maccabees 11:1-7
4 Maccabees 11
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4 Maccabees 11:1-7
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When this one died also, after being cruelly tortured, the fifth leaped up, saying,
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"I will not refuse, tyrant, to be tortured for the sake of virtue.
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I have come of my own accord, so that by murdering me you will incur punishment from the heavenly justice for even more crimes.
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Hater of virtue, hater of mankind, for what act of ours are you destroying us in this way?
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Is it because we revere the Creator of all things and live according to his virtuous law?
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But these deeds deserve honors, not tortures."
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.