4 Maccabees 11:10-12

Revised Standard Version

¹⁰ they tied him to it on his knees, and fitting iron clamps on them, they twisted his back^[a] around the wedge on the wheel,^[b] so that he was completely curled back like a scorpion, and all his members were disjointed. ¹¹ In this condition, gasping for breath and in anguish of body, ¹² he said, “Tyrant, they are splendid favors that you grant us against your will, because through these noble sufferings you give us an opportunity to show our endurance for the law.”