4 Maccabees 6:28

²⁶And he being at length burned down to the bones, and about to expire, raised his eyes toward God, and said,

²⁷Thou knowest, O God, that when I might have been saved, I am slain for the sake of the law by tortures of fire.

— 4 Maccabees 6:28 —

²⁹Let my blood be a purification for them, and take my life in recompense for theirs.

³⁰Thus speaking, the holy man departed, noble in his torments, and even to the agonies of death resisted in his reasoning for the sake of the law.