4 Maccabees 6:9-11

Common English Bible

⁹ But Eleazar endured the pain, ignored the agony, and put up with the suffering. ¹⁰ Like an honorable athlete in the games, the old man defeated his torturers while they were beating him up. ¹¹ His face dripping with sweat and gasping for breath, he amazed even the torturers with his courage.