And when he was at the last gasp, he said thus: Thou indeed, O most wicked man, destroyest us out of this present life: but the King of the world will raise us up, who die for his laws, in the resurrection of eternal life.

2 Maccabees 7:7
So when the first was dead after this manner, they brought the next to make him a mocking stock: and when they had pulled off the skin of his head with the hair, they asked him if he would eat, before he were punished throughout the whole body in every limb.

2 Maccabees 7:8
But he answered in his own language, and said: I will not do it. Wherefore he also, in the next place, received the torments of the first:

2 Maccabees 7:10
After him the third was made a mocking-stock, and when he was required, he quickly put forth his tongue, and courageously stretched out his hands:

2 Maccabees 7:11
And said with confidence: These I have from heaven, but for the laws of God I now despise them, because I hope to receive them again from him.