2 Maccabees 7:11
“And said couragiously, These I had from heauen, and for his lawes I despise them, and from him I hope to receiue them againe.”
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2 Maccabees 7:11 Context
9And when hee was at the last gaspe, hee said, Thou like a fury takest vs out of this present life, but the king of the world shall raise vs vp, who haue died for his lawes, vnto euerlasting life. 10After him was the third made a mocking stocke, and when he was required, he put out his tongue, and that right soone, holding forth his hands manfully, 11And said couragiously, These I had from heauen, and for his lawes I despise them, and from him I hope to receiue them againe. 12Insomuch that the king, and they that were with him marueiled at the yong mans courage, for that he nothing regarded the paines. 13Now when this man was dead also, they tormented and mangled the fourth in like maner.
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And said courageously, These I had from heaven; and for his laws I despise them; and from him I hope to receive them again.
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