4 Maccabees 17 - Victory, immortality, and the martyrs' crowns

4 Maccabees 17 gathers the witness of Eleazar, the mother, and the seven brothers into the language of victory, crowns, immortality, and living before God, while requiring the Christian teacher to read martyr triumph through Christ rather than as heroic self-exaltation. Read and follow along: https://orthodoxbiblestudy.com/bible-studies/old-testament/4-maccabees/4-maccabees-17-victory-immortality-and-the-martyrs-crowns