2 Maccabees 7:2

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2 Maccabees 7:2 (WEB)
One of them made himself the spokesman and said, “What would you ask and learn from us? For we are ready to die rather than transgress the laws of our ancestors.”

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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 79
“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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