2 Maccabees 6:30
“The third grief is that of zeal for the divine honor. Whence in the book of Maccabees: "Thou, O Lord, who hast knowledge, knowest that whereas I might be delivered from death, I endure hard pains of body; but according to the soul, on account of thy fear, I willingly suffer these things." Eleazar spoke these words whe…”
30But when he was ready to die with stripes, he groaned, and said, It is manifest unto the Lord, that hath the holy knowledge, that whereas I might have been delivered from death, I now endure sore pains in body by being beaten: but in soul am well content to suffer these things, because I fear him.
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28And leave a notable example to such as be young to die willingly and courageously for the honourable and holy laws. And when he had said these words, immediately he went to the torment:
29They that led him changing the good will they bare him a little before into hatred, because the foresaid speeches proceeded, as they thought, from a desperate mind.
— 2 Maccabees 6:30 —
31And thus this man died, leaving his death for an example of a noble courage, and a memorial of virtue, not only unto young men, but unto all his nation.