4 Maccabees 7:3-5

Common English Bible

³ Eleazar kept the rudder of godly living straight until he sailed into the harbor of immortal victory. ⁴ No city under siege and attacked by every kind of cleverly devised machine has ever held out like that completely holy man did. Torture and racks ravaged his holy soul, but he conquered his opponents by using godly thinking to protect his commitment to godliness. ⁵ Our father Eleazar made his mind up so it was like an overhanging cliff that broke the raging waves of the emotions.