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4 Maccabees 7:3-5
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 7:3-5
Revised Standard Version
3 in no way did he turn the rudder of religion until he sailed into the haven of immortal victory. 4 No city besieged with many ingenious war machines has ever held out as did that most holy man. Although his sacred life was consumed by tortures and racks, he conquered the besiegers with the shield of his devout reason. 5 For in setting his mind firm like a jutting cliff, our father Elea′zar broke the maddening waves of the emotions.
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