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[1] More that this, they even urged them on to this mistreatment; so that they not only despised pains themselves, but they even got the better of their affections of brotherly love. [2] Reasoning is more royal than a king, and freer than freemen! [3] What a sacred and harmonious concert of the seven kindred as concerning piety! [4] None of the seven youths turned cowardly or shrank back from death. [5] But all of them, as though running the road to immortality, hastened on to death through tortures. [6] For just as hands and feet are moved sympathetically with the directions of the soul, so those holy youths agreed to death for religion’s sake, as through the immortal soul of religion. [7] O holy seven of harmonious kindred! For as the seven days of creation, about religion, [8] so the youths, circling around the number seven, annulled the fear of torments. [9] We now shudder at the recital of the affliction of those young men; but they not only saw, and not only heard the immediate execution of the threat, but undergoing it, persevered; and that through the pains of fire. [10] What could be more painful? For the power of fire, being sharp and quick, speedily dissolved their bodies. [11] Don’t think it wonderful that reasoning ruled over those men in their torments, when even a woman’s mind despised more manifold pains. [12] For the mother of those seven youths endured the rackings of each of her children. [13] Consider how comprehensive is the love of offspring, which draws every one to sympathy of affection, [14] where irrational animals possess a similar sympathy and love for their offspring with men. [15] The tame birds frequenting the roofs of our houses defend their fledglings. [16] Others build their nests and hatch their young on the tops of mountains, in the precipices of valleys, and the holes and tops of trees, and keep intruders away. [17] If not able to do this, they fly circling round them in agony of affection, calling out in their own note, and save their offspring in whatever manner they are able. [18] But why should we point attention to the sympathy toward children shown by irrational animals? [19] Even bees, at the season of honey-making, attack all who approach, and pierce with their sting, as with a sword, those who draw near their hive, and repel them even to death. [20] But sympathy with her children didn’t turn away the mother of the young men, who had a spirit kindred with that of Abraham.
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[1] προσέτι καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 αἰκισμὸν ἐποτρύνοντες, ὡς G5613 μὴ G3361 μόνον G3440 τῶν G3588 ἀλγηδόνων περιφρονῆσαι G4065 αὐτούς, G846 ἀλλὰ G235 καὶ G2532 τῶν G3588 τῆς G3588 φιλαδελφίας G5360 παθῶν G3806 κρατῆσαι. G2902 [2] Ὦ G5599 βασιλέων G935 λογισμοὶ G3053 βασιλικώτεροι G937 καὶ G2532 ἐλευθέρων G1658 ἐλευθερώτεροι. G1658 [3] Ὦ G5599 ἱερᾶς G2413 καὶ G2532 εὐαρμόστου περὶ G4012 τῆς G3588 εὐσεβείας G2150 τῶν G3588 ἑπτὰ G2033 ἀδελφῶν G80 συμφωνίας. G4858 [4] Οὐδεὶς‡ G3762 ἐκ G1537 τῶν G3588 ἑπτὰ G2033 μειρακίων ἐδειλίασεν G1168 οὐδὲ G3761 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 θάνατον G2288 ὤκνησεν, G3635 [5] ἀλλὰ G235 πάντες G3956 ὥσπερ G5618 ἐπ’ G1909 ἀθανασίας G110 ὁδὸν G3598 τρέχοντες G5143 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 διὰ G1223 τῶν G3588 βασάνων G931 θάνατον G2288 ἔσπευδον. G4692 [6] Καθάπερ G2509 αἱ G3588 χεῖρες G5495 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 πόδες G4228 συμφώνως τοῖς G3588 τῆς G3588 ψυχῆς G5590 ἀφηγήμασιν κινοῦνται, G2795 οὕτως G3779 οἱ G3588 ἱεροὶ G2413 μείρακες ἐκεῖνοι G1565 ὡς G5613 ὑπὸ G5259 ψυχῆς G5590 ἀθανάτου τῆς G3588 εὐσεβείας G2150 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 ὑπὲρ G5228 αὐτῆς G846 συνεφώνησαν G4856 θάνατον. G2288 [7] Ὦ G5599 πανάγιε συμφώνων G4859 ἀδελφῶν G80 ἑβδομάς. Καθάπερ G2509 γὰρ G1063 ἑπτὰ G2033 τῆς G3588 κοσμοποιίας ἡμέραι G2250 περὶ G4012 τὴν G3588 εὐσέβειαν, G2150 [8] οὕτως G3779 περὶ G4012 τὴν G3588 ἑβδομάδα χορεύοντες οἱ G3588 μείρακες ἐκύκλουν G2944 τὸν G3588 τῶν G3588 βασάνων G931 φόβον G5401 καταλύοντες. G2647 [9] Νῦν G3568 ἡμεῖς G2249 ἀκούοντες G191 τὴν G3588 θλῖψιν G2347 τῶν G3588 νεανιῶν G3494 ἐκείνων G1565 φρίττομεν· G5425 οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 οὐ G3756 μόνον G3440 ὁρῶντες, G3708 ἀλλ’ G235 οὐδὲ G3761 μόνον G3440 ἀκούοντες G191 τὸν G3588 παραχρῆμα G3916 ἀπειλῆς G547 λόγον, G3056 ἀλλὰ G235 καὶ G2532 πάσχοντες G3958 ἐνεκαρτέρουν, καὶ G2532 τοῦτο G5124 ταῖς G3588 διὰ G1223 πυρὸς G4442 ὀδύναις· G3601 [10] ὧν G3739 τί G5101 γένοιτο G1096 ἐπαλγέστερον; Ὀξεῖα G3691 γὰρ G1063 καὶ G2532 σύντομος οὖσα G5607 ἡ G3588 τοῦ G3588 πυρὸς G4442 δύναμις G1411 ταχέως G5030 διέλυεν G1262 τὰ G3588 σώματα. G4983 [11] Καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 θαυμαστὸν G2298 ἡγεῖσθε G2233 εἰ G1487 ὁ G3588 λογισμὸς G3053 περιεκράτησε τῶν G3588 ἀνδρῶν G435 ἐκείνων G1565 ἐν G1722 ταῖς G3588 βασάνοις, G931 ὅπου G3699 γε G1065 καὶ G2532 γυναικὸς G1135 νοῦς G3563 πολυτροπωτέρων ὑπερεφρόνησεν G5252 ἀλγηδόνων· [12] ἡ G3588 μήτηρ G3384 γὰρ G1063 τῶν G3588 ἑπτὰ G2033 νεανίσκων G3495 ὑπήνεγκεν G5297 τὰς G3588 ἐφ’ G1909 ἑνὶ G1520 ἑκάστῳ G1538 τῶν G3588 τέκνων G5043 στρέβλας. [13] Θεωρεῖτε G2334 δὲ G1161 πῶς G4459 πολύπλοκός ἐστιν G2076 ἡ G3588 τῆς G3588 φιλοτεκνίας στοργὴ ἕλκουσα G1670 πάντα G3956 πρὸς G4314 τὴν G3588 τῶν G3588 σπλάγχνων G4698 συμπάθειαν, [14] ὅπου G3699 γε G1065 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ἄλογα G249 ζῷα G2226 ὁμοίαν G3664 τὴν G3588 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 ἐξ G1537 αὐτῶν G846 γεννώμενα G1080 συμπάθειαν καὶ G2532 στοργὴν ἔχει G2192 τοῖς G3588 ἀνθρώποις. G444 [15] Καὶ G2532 γὰρ G1063 τῶν G3588 πετεινῶν τὰ G3588 μὲν G3303 ἥμερα κατὰ G2596 τὰς G3588 οἰκίας G3614 ὀροφοιτοῦντα προασπίζει τῶν G3588 νεοττῶν, G3502 [16] τὰ G3588 δὲ G1161 κατὰ G2596 κορυφὰς ὀρέων G3735 καὶ G2532 φαράγγων G5327 ἀπορρῶγας καὶ G2532 δένδρων G1186 ὀπὰς G3692 καὶ G2532 τὰς G3588 τούτων G5130 ἄκρας ἐννοσσοποιησάμενα ἀποτίκτει καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 προσιόντα κωλύει· G2967 [17] εἰ G1487 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 δύναιντο G1410 κωλύειν, G2967 περιιπτάμενα κυκλόθεν G2943 αὐτῶν G846 ἀλγοῦντα τῇ G3588 στοργῇ ἀνακαλούμενα τῇ G3588 ἰδίᾳ G2398 φωνῇ, G5456 καθ’ G2596 ὃ G3739 δύναται, G1410 βοηθεῖ G997 τοῖς G3588 τέκνοις. G5043 [18] Καὶ G2532 τί G5101 δεῖ G1163 τὴν G3588 διὰ G1223 τῶν G3588 ἀλόγων G249 ζῴων G2226 ἐπιδεικνύναι G1925 πρὸς G4314 τὰ G3588 τέκνα G5043 συμπάθειαν, [19] ὅπου G3699 γε G1065 καὶ G2532 μέλισσαι περὶ G4012 τὸν G3588 τῆς G3588 κηρογονίας καιρὸν G2540 ἐπαμύνονται τοὺς G3588 προσιόντας καὶ G2532 καθάπερ G2509 σιδήρῳ G4604 τῷ G3588 κέντρῳ G2759 πλήσσουσι G4141 τοὺς G3588 προσιόντας τῇ G3588 νοσσιᾷ G3555 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 ἀπαμύνουσιν ἕως G2193 θανάτου; G2288 [20] Ἀλλ’ G235 οὐχὶ G3780 τὴν G3588 Αβρααμ G11 ὁμόψυχον τῶν G3588 νεανίσκων G3495 μητέρα G3384 μετεκίνησεν G3334 συμπάθεια τέκνων. G5043
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 14:4 Corrected from οὐδεῖς, as seen in RH. The compound οὐδείς takes the acute on its last syllable, as this edition prints it at its 46 other occurrences.