2 Maccabees 7:14
Good News Translation
but his final words were, "I am glad to die at your hands, because we have the assurance that God will raise us from death. But there will be no resurrection to life for you, Antiochus!"

New Revised Standard Version
When he was near death, he said, “One cannot but choose to die at the hands of mortals and to cherish the hope God gives of being raised again by him. But for you there will be no resurrection to life!”

Contemporary English Version
But just before he died, he told them, "God has promised to raise us to life! And so we are willing to die, but you have no hope for life after death."

New American Bible
When he was near death, he said, “It is my choice to die at the hands of mortals with the hope that God will restore me to life; but for you, there will be no resurrection to life.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he was now ready to die, he spoke thus: It is better, being put to death by men, to look for hope from God, to be raised up again by him; for, as to thee, thou shalt have no resurrection unto life.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when he was now ready to die, he spoke thus: It is better, being put to death by men, to look for hope from God, to be raised up again by him; for, as to thee, thou shalt have no resurrection unto life.

2 Maccabees 7:12
So that the king, and they that were with him, wondered at the young man's courage, because he esteemed the torments as nothing.

2 Maccabees 7:13
And after he was thus dead, they tormented the fourth in the like manner.

2 Maccabees 7:15
And when they had brought the fifth, they tormented him. But he, looking upon the king,

2 Maccabees 7:16
Said: Whereas thou hast power among men though thou art corruptible, thou dost what thou wilt but think not that our nation is forsaken by God.

Context
2 Maccabees 7
13And after he was thus dead, they tormented the fourth in the like manner. 14And when he was now ready to die, he spoke thus: It is better, being put to death by men, to look for hope from God, to be raised up again by him; for, as to thee, thou shalt have no resurrection unto life. 15And when they had brought the fifth, they tormented him. But he, looking upon the king,…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 7:12
So that the king, and they that were with him, wondered at the young man's courage, because he esteemed the torments as nothing.

2 Maccabees 7:13
And after he was thus dead, they tormented the fourth in the like manner.

2 Maccabees 7:15
And when they had brought the fifth, they tormented him. But he, looking upon the king,

2 Maccabees 7:16
Said: Whereas thou hast power among men though thou art corruptible, thou dost what thou wilt but think not that our nation is forsaken by God.



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2 Maccabees 7:13
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