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2 Maccabees 6:17-19
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
2 Maccabees 6:17-19
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
17 Let what we have said serve as a reminder; we must go on briefly with the story.
The Martyrdom of Eleazar
18 Eleazar, one of the scribes in high position, a man now advanced in age and of noble presence, was being forced to open his mouth to eat swine’s flesh. 19 But he, welcoming death with honour rather than life with pollution, went up to the rack of his own accord, spitting out the flesh,
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