4 Maccabees 12:5

³seeing him already encompassed with chains, had him brought nearer, and endeavored to counsel him, saying,

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.

— 4 Maccabees 12:5 —

⁶And having thus exhorted him, he sent for the mother of the boy; that, by condoling with her for the loss of so many sons, he might incline her, through the hope of safety, to render the survivor obedient.

⁷And he, after his mother had urged him on in the Hebrew tongue (as we shall soon relate), says,