Hebrews 11:35

“…and another in another; according to which Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Moses, and David, and all those commended by the mouth of God were righteous, but were judged unrighteous by foolish men, judging out of man’s judgment, and gauging by the petty standard of their own manners the manners of the whole…” — editor's note: Heb. xi. 8–40.

“What shall we say of the cruel tortures of the blessed martyrs in the Maccabees, and the multiform sufferings of the seven brethren, and the mother comforting her children in their agonies, and herself dying also with her children?” — editor's note: [Referred to by St. Paul, Heb. xi. 35. I say St. Paul advisedly. See, to the contrary, Farrar, St. Paul, p. 6.]

“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.]

“But these are figures of “the things to come.” ( Ver.” — the author cites it

Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

Cross-reference given by the World English Bible's translators.

'Others were tortured, refusing release, to obtain a better resurrection': the seven brothers.