4 Maccabees 11:8-10

Common English Bible

⁹ While he was still speaking, the guards tied him up and dragged him to the catapult. ¹⁰ They forced him down onto his knees, bound him to the machine, and placed iron clamps on his thighs. They began to work the wheel, drawing him backward around a wedge until he was curled back all the way like a scorpion. With all his bones pulled out of joint,