4 Maccabees 9:16-18

Revised Standard Version

¹⁶ And when the guards said, “Agree to eat so that you may be released from the tortures,” ¹⁷ he replied, “You abominable lackeys, your wheel is not so powerful as to strangle my reason. Cut my limbs, burn my flesh, and twist my joints. ¹⁸ Through all these tortures I will convince you that sons of the Hebrews alone are invincible where virtue is concerned.”