Holy Scripture
4 Maccabees 9:23
Source: Septuagint
Original
23Imitate me, O brethren, nor ever desert your station, nor abjure my brotherhood in courage: fight the holy and honorable fight of religion;
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21And although the framework of his bones was now destroyed, the high-minded and Abrahamic youth did not groan.
22But, as though transformed by fire into immortality, he nobly endured the rackings, saying,
— 4 Maccabees 9:23 —
24by which means our just and paternal Providence, becoming merciful to the nation, will punish the pestilent tyrant.
25And saying this, the revered youth abruptly closed his life.