4 Maccabees 9:14-16

Revised Standard Version

¹⁴ and though broken in every member he denounced the tyrant, saying, ¹⁵ “Most abominable tyrant, enemy of heavenly justice, savage of mind, you are mangling me in this manner, not because I am a murderer, or as one who acts impiously, but because I protect the divine law.” ¹⁶ And when the guards said, “Agree to eat so that you may be released from the tortures,”