4 Maccabees 9:14-16

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¹⁴ and with every member disjointed he denounced the tyrant, saying, ¹⁵ “Most abominable tyrant, enemy of heavenly justice, savage of mind, you are mangling me in this manner not because I am a murderer or as one who acts impiously but because I protect the divine law.” ¹⁶ And when the guards said, “Agree to eat so that you may be released from the tortures,”^(A)