Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation These words of ridicule made Antiochus so furious that he had the boy tortured even more cruelly than his brothers. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Then the king being incensed with anger, raged against him more cruelly than all the rest, taking it grievously that he was mocked. 2 Maccabees 7:37But I, like my brethren, offer up my life and my body for the laws of our fathers: calling upon God to be speedily merciful to our nation, and that thou by torments and stripes mayst confess that he alone is God. 2 Maccabees 7:38 But in me, and in my brethren, the wrath of the Almighty, which hath justly been brought upon all our nation, shall cease. 2 Maccabees 7:40 So this man also died undefiled, wholly trusting in the Lord. 2 Maccabees 7:41 And last of all, after the sons, the mother also was consumed. Context 2 Maccabees 7…38But in me, and in my brethren, the wrath of the Almighty, which hath justly been brought upon all our nation, shall cease. 39Then the king being incensed with anger, raged against him more cruelly than all the rest, taking it grievously that he was mocked. 40So this man also died undefiled, wholly trusting in the Lord.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 7:37 But I, like my brethren, offer up my life and my body for the laws of our fathers: calling upon God to be speedily merciful to our nation, and that thou by torments and stripes mayst confess that he alone is God. 2 Maccabees 7:38 But in me, and in my brethren, the wrath of the Almighty, which hath justly been brought upon all our nation, shall cease. 2 Maccabees 7:40 So this man also died undefiled, wholly trusting in the Lord. 2 Maccabees 7:41 And last of all, after the sons, the mother also was consumed. |