4 Maccabees 11:11-13

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¹¹ In this condition, gasping for breath and in anguish of body, ¹² he said, “Tyrant, they are splendid favors that you grant us against your will, because through these noble sufferings you give us an opportunity to show our endurance for the law.”

¹³ When he, too, had died, the sixth, a mere boy, was led forward. When the tyrant inquired whether he was willing to eat and be released, he said,