4 Maccabees 6:10-12

Common English Bible

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.

¹² Some members of the king’s staff were moved by Eleazar’s situation, partly out of pity for his old age,