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Moreover, at the monthly celebration of the king's birthday the Jews had, from bitter necessity, to partake of the sacrifices, and when the festival of Dionysus was celebrated, they were compelled to march in his procession, wearing wreaths of ivy. (2 Maccabees 6, 7)
Those in charge of that unlawful ritual meal took the man aside privately, because of their long acquaintance with him, and urged him to bring meat of his own providing, such as he could legitimately eat, and to pretend to be eating some of the meat of the sacrifice prescribed by the king; (2 Maccabees 6, 21)
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. (2 Maccabees 7, 1)
At that the king, in a fury, gave orders to have pans and caldrons heated. (2 Maccabees 7, 3)
When he was completely maimed but still breathing, the king ordered them to carry him to the fire and fry him. As a cloud of smoke spread from the pan, the brothers and their mother encouraged one another to die bravely, saying such words as these: (2 Maccabees 7, 5)
At the point of death he said: "You accursed fiend, you are depriving us of this present life, but the King of the world will raise us up to live again forever. It is for his laws that we are dying." (2 Maccabees 7, 9)
Even the king and his attendants marveled at the young man's courage, because he regarded his sufferings as nothing. (2 Maccabees 7, 12)
They next brought forward the fifth brother and maltreated him. Looking at the king, (2 Maccabees 7, 15)
Antiochus, suspecting insult in her words, thought he was being ridiculed. As the youngest brother was still alive, the king appealed to him, not with mere words, but with promises on oath, to make him rich and happy if he would abandon his ancestral customs: he would make him his Friend and entrust him with high office. (2 Maccabees 7, 24)
When the youth paid no attention to him at all, the king appealed to the mother, urging her to advise her boy to save his life. (2 Maccabees 7, 25)
She had scarcely finished speaking when the youth said: "What are you waiting for? I will not obey the king's command. I obey the command of the law given to our forefathers through Moses. (2 Maccabees 7, 30)
At that, the king became enraged and treated him even worse than the others, since he bitterly resented the boy's contempt. (2 Maccabees 7, 39)
