2 Maccabees 7:1 (WEB)
It came to pass that seven brothers and their mother were at the king’s command taken and shamefully handled with scourges and cords, to compel them to taste of the abominable swine’s flesh.
Fathers and councils · 4
Augustine of Hippo
“Of this the Maccabees amid sharp tortures, of this the three men amid flames innocuous, of this the holy Prophets in captivity, do testify.” — editor's note: 2 Macc. vii. 1, 2, etc.
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Ambrose of Milan
“The company of the seven brothers stood unconquered, though surrounded by the legions of the king—tortures failed, tormentors ceased; but the martyrs failed not.” — editor's note: 2 Macc. vii. 1 ff.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…belly, and coming forth from the creature, as from a chamber; the just man in the den, restraining the lions’ rage, and the struggle of the seven Maccabees, who were perfected with their father and mother in blood, and in all kinds of tortures.” — editor's note: 2 Macc. vii. 1.
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Aphrahat
“The seven brethren, sons of the blessed woman, endured torments by bitter scourgings, and were confessors and true martyrs, and Eleazar, aged and advanced in years as he was, proved a noble example and made (his) confession and became a true martyr.” — editor's note: 2 Macc. vii. 1, sq.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.41.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.41.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.41.