Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation After he had died, the soldiers tortured the fourth one in the same cruel way, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And after he was thus dead, they tormented the fourth in the like manner. 2 Maccabees 7:11And 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. 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 7:14 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 7:15 And when they had brought the fifth, they tormented him. But he, looking upon the king, Context 2 Maccabees 7…12So that the king, and they that were with him, wondered at the young man's courage, because he esteemed the torments as nothing. 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.… Cross References 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. 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 7:14 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 7:15 And when they had brought the fifth, they tormented him. But he, looking upon the king, |