Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 17:9
Source: Septuagint
Original
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.
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7And, were it lawful for us to paint as on a tablet the religion of thy story, the spectators would not shudder at beholding the mother of seven children enduring for the sake of religion various tortures even unto death.
8And it had been a worthy thing to have inscribed upon the tomb itself these words as a memorial to those of the nation,
— 4 Maccabees 17:9 —
10These also avenged their nation, looking unto God, and enduring torments unto death.
11For it was a truly divine contest which was carried through by them.