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4 Maccabees 6:4-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 6:4-6
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 while a herald who faced him cried out, “Obey the king’s commands!” 5 But the courageous and noble man, like a true Eleazar,[a] was unmoved, as though being tortured in a dream, 6 yet while the old man’s eyes were raised to heaven, his flesh was being torn by scourges, his blood flowing, and his sides were being cut to pieces.
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- 6.5 Eleazar means God helps
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