Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 11:3
Source: Septuagint
Original
3But I have come of my own accord, that by the death of me, you may owe heavenly vengeance a punishment for more crimes.
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1And when he had died, disfigured in his torments, the fifth leaped forward, and said,
2I intend not, O tyrant, to get excused from the torment which is in behalf of virtue.
— 4 Maccabees 11:3 —
4O thou hater of virtue and of men, what have we done that thou thus revelest in our blood?
5Does it seem evil to thee that we worship the Founder of all things, and live according to his surpassing law?