4 Maccabees 11:11-13

Common English Bible

¹¹ gasping for air and racked by pain in his body, ¹² he said: “Tyrant, you are doing us a huge favor without intending to, because you are giving us the chance to show our firm commitment to the Law through this honorable suffering.”

The sixth brother’s torture and response

¹³ After he had died, the sixth brother, still just a boy, was brought forward. The tyrant asked him if he was willing to eat pork and so be set free.