While martyrdom is most often associated with Christianity in the early Roman world, research will show that the Christian martyrs and faithful most often found influence in the lives of Old Testament Jewish saints and patriarchs. A common motif that surfaces in many Christian martyrologies is an awareness and alignment with the Jewish "suffering servants" of the Old Testament. Like the early Christians, the Jews also tried to make sense of their position as outcasts, dealing with their generations-long experience of suffering and persecution despite the fact that they were God's supposed chosen people. Old Testament saints found strength and comfort in the apocalyptic idea that their God would eventually act on their behalf. Many Christians looked to Scriptural models such as the Maccabean Nine in Second and Fourth Maccabees for inspiration by their testament of faith in lieu of pagan Greek persecution.

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