Consider the premise. Does the hypothesis stand independently without contradicting or following it? Premise: It was not too bad early on, when, according to Miles, the seven Maccabean martyrs who  saved Judaism  did so only at the instigation of their mother. Hypothesis: It was all wonderfully happy. 
It was not too bad early on, when, according to Miles, the seven Maccabean martyrs who  saved Judaism  did so only at the instigation of their mother.###It was all wonderfully happy. 