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2 Maccabees 6:17-19
Common English Bible
2 Maccabees 6:17-19
Common English Bible
17 Only let this be said to us as a reminder. After this brief digression, it is necessary to go on with the narrative.
Martyrs for the faith
18 A certain Eleazar, one of the leading scribes, elderly in age and with a most dignified outward appearance, was being compelled to open his mouth and eat pork. 19 But preferring death with honor to life with religious defilement, he proceeded voluntarily to the torture instrument,
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