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Martyrdom of Seven Brothers and Their Mother.[a] 1 It also happened that seven brothers were arrested together with their mother. The king tortured them with whips and scourges in an attempt to force them to eat pork, in violation of the law of God. 2 One of the brothers, acting as a spokesman for the others, said, “What do you expect to achieve by questioning us? We are prepared to die rather than transgress the laws of our ancestors.”
3 The king became enraged and issued orders to have pans and caldrons heated. 4 After this was done without delay, he commanded that the tongue of their spokesman be cut out and that he be scalped and his hands and feet cut off while the rest of his brothers and his mother looked on. 5 When he had been rendered utterly helpless but still breathing, the king ordered him to be taken to the fire and fried in one of the pans. As the smoke from the pan began to spread, his mother and his brothers encouraged one another to die in a noble manner, with words such as these: 6 “The Lord God is watching, and he cannot fail to have compassion on us, as Moses declared in his canticle when he asserted: ‘He will have compassion on his servants.’ ”[b]
7 When the first brother had died in this manner, they brought forward the second to be subjected to their cruel sport. After the skin and hair of his head had been stripped off, they asked him: “Will you eat some pork rather than have your body tortured limb by limb?” 8 Replying in the language of his ancestors, he said to them, “Never!” Therefore, he in turn underwent the same torture that the first had endured. 9 With his final breath, he said: “You accursed fiend, you may send us forth from this present life, but the King of the universe will raise us up[c] to life eternal, since it is because of our obedience to his laws that we are dying.”
10 After him, the third brother bore the brunt of their cruel torture. In response to their demand, he immediately thrust forth his tongue and courageously stretched forth his hands 11 as he said: “It was from Heaven[d] that I received these. For the sake of his laws I disdain them. From him I hope to receive them again.” 12 Both the king and his attendants were astounded as they witnessed the courage of this young man and his complete indifference to suffering.
13 After he had died they maltreated and tortured the fourth brother in the same way. 14 When he was at the point of death, he cried out: “It is far better to choose to die at the hands of men and rely on the promise of God of being raised again by him. But for you there will be no resurrection to life.”
15 They next brought forward the fifth brother and tortured him. 16 Directing his gaze at the king, he said: “Even though you yourself are mortal, you have authority over other mortals, and thus you can do as you please. However, do not think that God has abandoned our nation. 17 Just wait and you will see how his mighty power will torment you and your descendants.”
18 After him they brought forward the sixth brother. When he was about to die, he said: “Do not have any vain delusions. We are suffering these torments deservedly because we have sinned against our God and brought these appalling events on ourselves. 19 However, do not think that you will avoid the consequences of having dared to contend with God.”
20 Especially admirable and deserving of everlasting remembrance was the mother. Although she witnessed the deaths of her seven sons within the space of a single day, she endured it courageously because of her hope in the Lord. 21 Filled with a noble spirit that reinforced her womanly thoughts with manly courage, she encouraged each of them in the language of their ancestors: 22 “I do not know how you came to being in my womb. It was not I who endowed you with breath and life, nor did I set in order the elements that established the composition of your being. 23 Therefore, the Creator of the universe who authored the beginning of human life and devised the origin of all things will, in his mercy, restore breath and life to you, since you have placed his law above concern for your own desires.”
24 Antiochus felt that he was being treated with contempt and suspected that her words were insulting. Since the youngest brother was still alive, the king did not limit himself to an appeal with mere words. Indeed, he promised him on oath that if he would abandon the traditions of his ancestors, he would not only make him rich and happy but also enroll him as his Friend and appoint him to high office. 25 When the young man paid no heed to his proposals, the king made an appeal to his mother, urging her to advise her son to save his life. 26 After a great deal of encouraging on his part, she agreed to try to persuade him.
27 However, she flouted the king’s wishes by saying to her son in their native language as she leaned close to him: “My son, have pity on me. I carried you in my womb for nine months, nursed you for three years, reared you, and provided for your needs up to this point in your life. 28 I beg you, my child, to look at the heavens and the earth and see everything that is in them. Reflect on the fact that God did not create them from things that already existed[e] and that the human race came into being in the same way. 29 Have no fear of this butcher. Prove yourself worthy of your brothers by accepting death, so that through the mercy of God I shall receive you back again along with them.”
30 She had barely finished speaking when the young man said: “What are you waiting for? I will not obey the king’s command. I choose rather to obey the ordinance of the law that was given to our ancestors through Moses. 31 However, you, who have devised every kind of evil against the Hebrews, will certainly not escape the hands of God. 32 We are suffering as the result of our own sins, 33 and while our living Lord is angry with us for a brief time as he seeks to correct and discipline us, he will eventually be reconciled with his servants. 34 However, you, perfidious wretch, are the most wicked of all mortal beings. Do not allow yourself to be deluded by vain hopes when you raise your hand against the children of Heaven, 35 for you will not be able to escape from the judgment of the almighty and all-seeing God. 36 My brothers, after enduring a brief period of suffering, have now drunk of the waters of everlasting life in accordance with his covenant, but you, convicted by the judgment of God, will receive a richly warranted punishment for your arrogance.
37 “I too, like my brothers, surrender my body and my life for the laws of our ancestors. I appeal to God not to delay in showing mercy to our nation and by trials and afflictions to cause you to confess that he alone is God. 38 Through me and my brothers may there be an end to the wrath of the Almighty[f] that has justifiably fallen on our entire nation.”
39 On hearing this, the king became enraged and dealt with him even more cruelly than with the others because of his defiance. 40 And so the young man, having placed all his trust in the Lord, died undefiled. 41 The mother was the last to die, after her sons had perished.
42 Let this account be sufficient to relate the facts of the sacrificial meals and the monstrous tortures.
7 Forsooth it befell, that seven brethren taken together with the mother, were constrained of (or by) the king, for to taste against the law swine’s flesh; and were tormented with scourgings, and torment made of (or from) bull’s leather. 2 Forsooth one of them, that was the first, said thus, What se...
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The Martyrdom of Seven Brothers7 It happened also that seven brothers and their mother were arrested and were being compelled by the king, under torture with whips and cords, to partake of unlawful swine’s flesh. 2 One of them, acting as their spokesman, said, “What do you intend to ask and learn f...
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The Martyrdom of Seven Brothers7 It happened also that seven brothers and their mother were arrested and were being compelled by the king, under torture with whips and cords, to partake of unlawful swine’s flesh. 2 One of them, acting as their spokesman, said, “What do you intend to ask and learn f...
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The Martyrdom of Seven Brothers7 It happened also that seven brothers and their mother were arrested and were being compelled by the king, under torture with whips and thongs, to partake of unlawful swine’s flesh. 2 One of them, acting as their spokesman, said, “What do you intend to ask and learn ...
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The Martyrdom of Seven Brothers7 It happened also that seven brothers and their mother were arrested and were being compelled by the king, under torture with whips and thongs, to partake of unlawful swine’s flesh. 2 One of them, acting as their spokesman, said, ‘What do you intend to ask and learn ...
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The Martyrdom of Seven Brothers7 It happened also that seven brothers and their mother were arrested and were being compelled by the king, under torture with whips and thongs, to partake of unlawful swine’s flesh. 2 One of them, acting as their spokesman, said, ‘What do you intend to ask and learn ...
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The Martyrdom of Seven Brothers7 It happened also that seven brothers and their mother were arrested and were being compelled by the king, under torture with whips and straps, to partake of unlawful pig’s flesh.(A)2 One of them, acting as their spokesman, said, “What do you intend to ask and learn f...
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Chapter 7Martyrdom of a Mother and Her Seven Sons. 1 It also happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested and tortured with whips and scourges by the king to force them to eat pork in violation of God’s law.(A) 2 One of the brothers, speaking for the others, said: “What do you expec...
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A Mother and Her Sons Die for Their Faith7 (A)On another occasion a Jewish mother and her seven sons were arrested. The king was having them beaten to force them to eat pork. 2 Then one of the young men said,What do you hope to gain by doing this? We would rather die than abandon the traditions of o...
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7 It came to pass also, that seven brethren, together with their mother, were apprehended, and compelled by the king to eat swine's flesh against the law, for which end they were tormented with whips and scourges. 2 But one of them, who was the eldest, said thus: What wouldst thou ask, or learn of u...
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7 There were also seven brothers who were arrested along with their mother. The king was trying to compel them to eat the forbidden pork by torturing them with whips and cords. 2 One of them, speaking on behalf of the others, said, “What do you hope to ask and learn from us? We are prepared to die r...
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