2 Maccabees 6:28 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

And I shall leave an example of fortitude to young men, if with a ready mind and constancy I suffer an honourable death, for the most venerable and most holy laws. And having spoken thus, he was forthwith carried to execution.

2 Maccabees 6

2 Maccabees 6:23-31