4 Maccabees 17:8-10

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⁸ Indeed, it would be proper to inscribe on their tomb these words as a reminder to the people of our nation:^[a]

⁹ “Here lie buried an aged priest and an aged woman and seven children because of the violence of the tyrant who wished to destroy the way of life of the Hebrews. ¹⁰ They vindicated their nation, looking to God and enduring torture even to death.”