4 Maccabees 6:24-26

Common English Bible

²⁴ When the king’s advisors saw that he remained confident in the face of torture and didn’t appreciate their compassion, the guards carried him to the fire. ²⁵ They burned his body with diabolical devices, and then they threw him on the ground and poured disgusting liquids into his nostrils. ²⁶ Eleazar was now burned down to his bones and on the edge of death. He raised his eyes toward God and said,