Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 12:3
Source: Septuagint
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3seeing him already encompassed with chains, had him brought nearer, and endeavored to counsel him, saying,
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1When he, too, had undergone blessed martyrdom, and died in the caldron into which he had been thrown, the seventh, the youngest of all, came forward:
2whom the tyrant pitying, though he had been dreadfully reproached by his brethren,
— 4 Maccabees 12:3 —
4Thou seest the end of the madness of thy brethren: for they have died in torture through disobedience; and you, if disobedient, having been miserably tormented, will yourself perish prematurely.
5But if you obey, you shall be my friend, and have a charge over the affairs of the kingdom.