Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 17:11
Source: Septuagint
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11For it was a truly divine contest which was carried through by them.
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9Here an aged priest, and an aged woman, and seven sons, are buried through the violence of a tyrant, who wished to destroy the polity of the Hebrews.
10These also avenged their nation, looking unto God, and enduring torments unto death.
— 4 Maccabees 17:11 —
12For at that time virtue presided over the contest, approving the victory through endurance, namely, immortality, eternal life.
13Eleazar was the first to contend: and the mother of the seven children entered the contest; and the brethren contended.