4 Maccabees 6:11-13

Revised Standard Version

¹¹ in fact, with his face bathed in sweat, and gasping heavily for breath, he amazed even his torturers by his courageous spirit.

¹² At that point, partly out of pity for his old age, ¹³ partly out of sympathy from their acquaintance with him, partly out of admiration for his endurance, some of the king’s retinue came to him and said,