Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 5:1
Source: Septuagint
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1The tyrant Antiochus, therefore, sitting in public state with his assessors upon a certain lofty place, with his armed troops standing in a circle round him,
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— 4 Maccabees 5:1 —
2commanded his spearbearers to seize every one of the Hebrews, and to compel them to taste swine’s flesh, and things offered to idols.
3And should any of them be unwilling to eat the accursed food, they were to be tortured on the wheel, and so killed.