4 Maccabees 5:4-6

Revised Standard Version

⁴ And when many persons had been rounded up, one man, Elea′zar by name, leader of the flock, was brought^[a] before the king. He was a man of priestly family, learned in the law, advanced in age, and known to many in the tyrant’s court because of his philosophy.^[b]

⁵ When Anti′ochus saw him he said, ⁶ “Before I begin to torture you, old man, I would advise you to save yourself by eating pork,