4 Maccabees 16:13-15

Common English Bible

¹³ Instead, she had a mind that was as tough as nails.^[a] She gave all of her sons a second birth into a life without end. She encouraged them, urging them on to death for the sake of respect for God.

¹⁴ Mother, you were a soldier for God in the cause of the godly way of life, though you were old and a woman! You even conquered a tyrant with your resolution. You have proved to be stronger than a man in both speech and action! ¹⁵ When you and your sons had been arrested and you were watching Eleazar being tortured, you began to say to your children in the Hebrew language: