4 Maccabees 11:11-13

Revised Standard Version

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.”

¹³ After he too had died, the sixth, a mere boy, was led in. When the tyrant inquired whether he was willing to eat and be released, he said,