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Hebrews 11:35

Some were tortured, refusing release

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^11:35Women received their dead by means of resurrection. But others suffered severe punishment, not yet receiving redemption, so that they would find a better resurrection

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2 Maccabees 7:1–29 — The seven brothers

Second Maccabees 7 narrates martyrs who accept torture and death in hope of resurrection. Hebrews 11:35 recalls people who refused release under torture so that they might obtain a better resurrection; the wording strongly evokes the Maccabean martyrs without naming them.

source checked114 yearsA persecution under Antiochus IV becomes, a century and a half later, the Church's example of resurrection faith.

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catechismCCC 992
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