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4 Maccabees 7:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 7:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 so the descendant of Aaron, Eleazar, though being consumed by the fire, remained unmoved in his reason. 13 Most amazing, indeed, though he was an old man, his body no longer tense and firm,[a] his muscles flabby, his sinews feeble, he became young again(A) 14 in spirit through reason, and by reason like that of Isaac he rendered the many-headed rack ineffective.
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- 7.13 Gk the tautness of the body already loosed
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