4 Maccabees 11:3
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
But I have come of my own accord, that by the death of me, you may owe heavenly vengeance a punishment for more crimes.
Greek · Brenton
Αὐτὸς δʼ ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ παρῆλθον, ὅπως κᾀμὲ κατακτείνας, περὶ πλειόνων ἀδικημάτων ὀφειλήσῃς τῇ οὐρανίῳ δίκῃ τιμωρίαν.