4 Maccabees 4:26
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
When, therefore, his decrees were disregarded by the people, he himself compelled by means of tortures every one of this race, by tasting forbidden meats, to abjure the Jewish religion.
Greek · Brenton
ἐπεὶ οὖν τὰ δόγματα αὑτοῦ κατεφρονεῖτο ὑπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ, αὐτὸς διὰ βασάνων ἕνα ἕκαστον τούτου ἔθνους ἠνάγκαζεν μικρῶν ἀπογευομένους τροφῶν, ἐξόμνυσθαι τὸν Ἰουδαϊσμόν.