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Harsh and utterly grievous was the onslaught of evil. (2 Maccabees 6, 3)
The altar was covered with abominable offerings which were forbidden by the laws. (2 Maccabees 6, 5)
and should slay those who did not choose to change over to Greek customs. One could see, therefore, the misery that had come upon them. (2 Maccabees 6, 9)
Now I urge those who read this book not to be depressed by such calamities, but to recognize that these punishments were designed not to destroy but to discipline our people. (2 Maccabees 6, 12)
Therefore he never withdraws his mercy from us. Though he disciplines us with calamities, he does not forsake his own people. (2 Maccabees 6, 16)
Those who were in charge of that unlawful sacrifice took the man aside, because of their long acquaintance with him, and privately urged him to bring meat of his own providing, proper for him to use, and pretend that he was eating the flesh of the sacrificial meal which had been commanded by the king, (2 Maccabees 6, 21)
But making a high resolve, worthy of his years and the dignity of his old age and the gray hairs which he had reached with distinction and his excellent life even from childhood, and moreover according to the holy God-given law, he declared himself quickly, telling them to send him to Hades. (2 Maccabees 6, 23)
and leave to the young a noble example of how to die a good death willingly and nobly for the revered and holy laws." When he had said this, he went at once to the rack. (2 Maccabees 6, 28)
When he was about to die under the blows, he groaned aloud and said: "It is clear to the Lord in his holy knowledge that, though I might have been saved from death, I am enduring terrible sufferings in my body under this beating, but in my soul I am glad to suffer these things because I fear him." (2 Maccabees 6, 30)
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 Maccabees 7, 1)
One of them, acting as their spokesman, said, "What do you intend to ask and learn from us? For we are ready to die rather than transgress the laws of our fathers." (2 Maccabees 7, 2)
"The Lord God is watching over us and in truth has compassion on us, as Moses declared in his song which bore witness against the people to their faces, when he said, `And he will have compassion on his servants.'" (2 Maccabees 7, 6)
