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4 Maccabees 10:1-5 Common English Bible (CEB)

1. When the second brother had also endured a heroic death, the third brother was brought forward. Many people urged him again and again to taste the pork in order to save himself.

2. He shouted out in response: "Don’t you know that I come from the same father as those who have just died, that the same mother gave birth to me, and that I was raised with the same teaching?

3. I won’t deny these dignified family ties!"

5. The guards were furious at his bold speech. They used their instruments to pull his hands and feet out of joint, and dislocated his arms and legs.

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