2 Maccabees 7:9 (WEB)
When he was at the last gasp, he said, “You, miscreant, release us out of this present life, but the King of the world will raise us who have died for his laws up to an everlasting renewal of life.”
Catechism · 1
“The King of the universe will raise us up to an everlasting renewal of life, because we have died for his laws.” — Catechism footnote: 2 Macc 7:9.
Fathers and councils · 2
“But he, trusting in his martyrdom, and promising to himself from the retribution of God the reward of resurrection, exclaimed and said, “Thou indeed impotently destroyest us out of this present life; but the King of the world will raise us up, who die for His laws, unto the eternal resurrection of life.”” — editor's note: 2 Macc. vii. 9. [Heb. xi. 35.]
Read the whole comment“Also in the same place: “Thou indeed, being powerless, destroyest us out of this present life; but the King of the world shall raise us up who have died for His laws into the eternal resurrection of life.”” — editor's note: 2 Macc. vii. 9.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together with
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.18.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.18.
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'Others were tortured, refusing release, to obtain a better resurrection': the seven brothers.